Grist List

In this video, actual kids read actual Rand Paul and Michelle Bachmann quotes.

Darby Minow Smith Politics

A Canadian architect thinks we should build skyscrapers out of wood to save the earth and climate a whole lotta hurt.

Liz Core Technology

Our trash won't be riding dirty for too much longer. North America's first electric garbage truck is rolling through Chicago.

Sara Bernard Cities

The country has hit another renewable energy milestone, sourcing more than a quarter of its electricity from renewables.

Liz Core Technology

The GOP is using a tone-deaf, insulting political ad campaign in the Pennsylvania governor's race.

Eve Andrews Culture

Drought and water scarcity are making it harder to grow avocados in Chile, a major supplier to the United States during winter months.

Madeleine Thomas Food

It's not that half of all vertebrate species have gone extinct -- it's just the population counts that have dropped by 52 percent. Oh, phew.

Liz Core Culture

Shrinking sea ice forces walruses to flop ashore en masse.

Ted Alvarez Climate & Energy

Thanks to drought and Soviet-era waterworks, the Aral Sea is drying up to a crisp. But at least kids have cool shipwrecks to play on!

Liz Core Culture

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