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The former governor of Michigan talks to Grist's Amanda Little about the auto-industry rescue, Detroit's move toward cleaner cars, and that doozy of a convention speech.
In response to David Roberts' post outlining why a carbon tax could be tricky to pull off, two proponents of the policy offer 10 reasons why we should still push for one.
Remember when cars used to give off disgusting clouds of lead-laden smoke? Planes still do that. Some of them do,...
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food...
American strategy throughout the Iraq war was aimed at making it easier for Big Oil to do business there. But with U.S. influence waning, there's another possibility for Iraq.
There's been talk of reforming dysfunctional Senate rules for years. This time, says Sen. Jeff Merkley, it may actually happen.
This past weekend marked the opening of the largest wind farm in the U.S. — a site that will power...
We've looked into our crystal ball, and it doesn't look good.
A new study says GMO crops have led farmers to use 400 million more pounds of pesticide than they would have otherwise. Here's how to interpret the science -- and the critique.
