Grist List
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These businesses buy the most clean energy
The EPA’s Top 100 list sheds light on some green energy superstars you might not know about.
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Turning his tiny ghost town green is this octogenarian’s dream
Gerald Freeman is 81, and his heart is failing, but he's still working on making his town of 30-some people self-sustaining.
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Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard star in new ecoterrorism thriller
In the film, the trio plans to blow up a dam, but of course Something Goes Wrong (dun dun dun!).
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Parking meters in Madrid will charge more for polluting cars
See a black cloud squirt out of someone’s tailpipe in Madrid? Now you can smirk because that sucka will be paying more to park.
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Watch college kids cover Snoop in “Divest It Like It’s Hot”
Pimps, Rolexes, and weed get updated to Big Oil, activism, and CO2. Bill McKibben even gets a shout-out! Oh, just watch it.
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Arizona’s enormous solar plant is up and running
The project, located outside Phoenix, can provide 290 MW of electricity, or enough juice for 230,000 homes.
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Google’s self-driving cars treat cyclists better than real drivers do
One Reddit user said it best: "Alternative to self-driving cars: Teach the world how to drive like the Dutch do. They actually look out for cyclists."
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Pornhub is giving America wood … through its reforestation campaign
For every 100 videos watched, Pornhub will plant a tree. This ends soon, so get watchin'! IT'S FOR NATURE.
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New certification tells you which restaurants give extra food to those in need
Food Recovery Certified tells you if your favorite lunch spot donates its unsold leftovers to the hungry. Every food biz should get on board!