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The oil industry is eyeing California’s tight oil reserves, and even Gov. Jerry Brown thinks it might make sense to frack them. Here are 10 reasons not to.
Seventy scientists spent two years putting together a complete picture of mercury in the ocean and in seafood. Will the results convince the U.S. to control emissions?
The company's recent deal with Kurdistan angered Iraqi leaders. The new discovery shows the value to Exxon in making amends.
The $12 billion the U.S. government earned by selling off publicly owned oil, gas, and coal is just a smiiiidge offset by some other costs.
After they tore down river wetlands, can the Army Corps be trusted to rebuild?
Oil drilling is one of the nation's most dangerous industries, and it attracts uninsured laborers who too often can't pay their hospital bills.
As a result, sea levels have gone up 11 millimeters from ice melt alone.
In his inaugural address this week, President Obama committed us to get back to work on the challenge of a...
Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, scours the land for alternatives to chemical-laden shampoo, and finds the answer right in the kitchen cabinet.
