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USDA goes FBI on crooks who sell gross meat and run cons on food stamps
Sure, government swindlers and food stamp fraudsters are alarming. But we're catching a lot of them -- and, often, getting the money back.
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12 ways you and everyone you know could die
Scientists ranked humanity's worst existential threats, and guess who's at the top of the list? Our old pal, extreme climate change.
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Oil trains are blowing up all over the place
Two tanker trains full of crude oil have derailed and burst into flames recently, one in West Virginia and one in Ontario.
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“More research” into geoengineering is not such a hot idea
In the geoengineering debate, "just research" is the default position of Serious People. But it's more problematic than they acknowledge.
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There’s a scary amount of plastic in the ocean. Here’s who put it there
The U.S. isn't as bad as you'd think …
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The fight over Obama’s Clean Power Plan heats up in the states
States are charged with implementing Obama's carbon rule for power plants. Which ones will cooperate and which ones won't?
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Watch out, Arctic: Shell is coming for you again
The Interior Department is clearing the way for Shell to try drilling again off the Alaska coast, a treacherous undertaking on so many levels.
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Grist is looking for the fall 2015 class of fellows
Are you an early-career journalist, storyteller, or multimedia wiz who digs what we do? Then Grist wants you!
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Meet the man who tackles our fears with stick figures
Professor Andrew Maynard tackles Ebola, e-cigs, green potato chips, and more in his lovable YouTube series Risk Bites.
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We did the math on clean coal, and it doesn’t add up
Is carbon capture and sequestration a net win for the climate? That depends on how you crunch the numbers.