Saturday, March 26, 2016

Grist Environmental News

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Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but rain barrels still are not

A bill to legalize use of rain barrels is being considered by the state legislature, to the chagrin of some farmers and ranchers.
POLITICS

Watch the horror of a Republican senator forced to pick between Trump and Cruz

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
LIVING

Spring sprang, and we’re losing our minds. Here’s how to cope with the stress

It's been a tough week for reproductive rights, from the Supreme Court to the supreme close-mindedness of certain govenors.
POLITICS

How caucuses disenfranchise voters

There’s a whole lot that's wrong with the caucus system.
CITIES

What makes a city great? New data backs up long-held beliefs

Here's more proof that Jane Jacobs was right.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

How much energy could the U.S. get from solar?

There's a limit to the growth of solar, but we're not even close to reaching it.
TAKE A LOAD OFF

In the future, you may never have to do laundry again

New high-tech fabrics can clean themselves -- just add sun.
NEWS

What the NFL’s concussion scandal has in common with tobacco and ExxonMobil

Three unrelated industries have a lot more shared history than we thought.

Leonardo DiCaprio attacks climate change deniers running for president

Will Donald Trump lash out at Leo next?

More Posts

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

This green entrepreneur was once an undocumented farmworker

Ruben Garcia's remarkable innovations are helping to clean up the shipping industry.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

9 figures to help you understand the state of renewable energy

A new U.N. report offers insight into countries' differing approaches to the clean energy sector.
GREASE ENLIGHTENING

The bitter truth about butter’s environmental impacts

A recently converted vegan wonders if it takes more energy to produce cooking oils than it does to make butter. Advice maven Umbra Fisk says she shouldn't waffle.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

The U.S. is just pathetic on high-speed rail

In a new ranking of nations' high-speed train networks, the U.S. comes in below even Turkey and Uzbekistan.
IN HOT DOG WATER

These sea cucumbers vacuum up the ocean’s trash — and they’re in trouble

Pollution and overfishing are big problems for the "burnt hot dog" cucumber.
FOOD

What would actually happen if we stopped eating so much meat?

A new study shows just how much CO2 -- and lives -- we'd save if we just cut our meat consumption in half by 2050.
JUSTICE

Protestors turn a federal offshore oil auction into a circus

Watch about 150 activists disrupt the auction for offshore drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
POLITICS

Mitch McConnell likes procrastinating so much, he wants the whole country to do it

McConnell is advising states to "wait and see" before complying with the centerpiece of Obama's climate agenda.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

How California got way ahead of the rest of the world in fighting climate change

California can claim first place in just about every clean-energy category.

Apple says you can “feel really good” about buying its products. Don’t believe them.

The tech giant keeps pushing new products we don’t really need.
SCIENCE

The scientist who first warned of climate change says it’s much worse than we thought

We read James Hansen’s terrifying new climate study, so you don't have to.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Trump says nuclear weapons are the riskiest kind of climate change

He's "not a big believer" in that more traditional kind of climate change, he tells the Washington Post editorial board.
NEWS

The U.N.’s new climate mascot is … an Angry Bird?

Red wants to turn your kids into little climate hawks.
POLITICS

Climate activists gear up to protest new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

With their victory against Atlantic offshore drilling behind them, activists set their sights on shutting down new leases in the Gulf.

Oil companies want to get in on the action in Cuba

As the White House talks about cooperating with Cuba on climate change, Big Oil salivates at the prospect of drilling off the nation's coast.

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