Grist List
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This magic bus recharges while you dig for your fare
TOSA buses can charge in just 15 seconds.
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This year, a 3-year-old girl will be crowned “Coal Princess” in West Virginia. Seriously.
In a world where beauty pageants are going the way of the dodo, coal-themed beauty contests are still holding on.
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Germans spend vacations at wind farms and solar arrays because, duh, they’re Germans
A new guidebook to 200 green projects around the country sold out its first printing. Don't these people have anything better to do?
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Ford builds cars out of tomatoes while other companies play ketchup
The company is using the tagline, “You Say Tomato; We Say Tom-Auto.” Of course, puns like that are far below Grist's standards.
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Climate change has things on Earth looking rough? NASA’s got a fly getaway ship
The NASA scientist famous for saying that we can travel faster than light has cooked up an intersteller spaceship. And we want one.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants Tesla’s green jobs. What’s Texas willing to give?
Perry is salivating over a new $5 billion electric car battery factory, with 6,500 high-paying jobs. Perhaps it's time to play hardball.
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Looking for a place to film your live-action Frozen fan fic? Dutch students have you covered
Students and faculty at Eindhoven University of Technology are building a 131-foot-tall ice palace. That is, if the weather gets cold enough.
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Your local delivery man may soon get a flying robotic sidekick
Remember that video of a drone delivering a box from Amazon? Total pie in the sky. But launch that drone from a roving delivery truck and you might have a system that works.
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There’s gold in that there drinking water — which can’t be good
Residents of Whitehall, Mont., are finding heavy, er, precious metals in their kitchen sinks and toilet tanks. Eureka! Or maybe not.
