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Friday, February 13, 2015

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CLIMATE & ENERGY

Mississippi utility must repay $281M for illegally financing “clean coal”

The state supreme court ruled that Mississippi Power "exceeded its authority" when it raised electricity rates for 186,000 households to fund a controversial, $6.17 billion power plant.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

If you think that California is dry now, wait until the 2050s

When it comes to drought in the West, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
LIVING

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 …
CITIES

A surprising tool to slow gentrification: Land trusts

Community land trusts can guarantee a level of economic diversity in urban neighborhoods, and help locals take charge of their own destiny.
LIVING

Can movies slow mass extinction? This filmmaker thinks so

We talked to Oscar-winning documentarian Louie Psihoyos about how our tech-obsession might help save disappearing species, even if it's also killing them.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
LIVING

Watch our hilarious Valentine’s Day video for a lil green dating advice

Grist's resident relationship counselor sat down with three well-meaning lovebirds who just want to up their sustainability game this year.

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!
FAIR GAME

This supermarket sells your food waste back to you in raccoon form

Not only is raccoon meat perfectly legal in California, it's also a brilliant way to reduce food waste.
FOOD

Nationwide GMO labeling bills have another Groundhog Day

Since a GOP-controlled Congress is unlikely to embrace the mandatory labeling some Democrats support, don't hold your breath on this one.
LIVING

These Valentine’s Day cards will show you care and cost you nothing

"My love is like a summer's day" -- rapidly warming, thanks to climate change.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Parts of Louisiana’s sunken coast are resurfacing

Is this an encouraging sign in the fight against rising sea levels?
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

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.
ON THE FARM

Exclusive: Mac DeMarco performs “Salad Days” with a little help from his friends

Watch an acoustic version of Canadian indie-rocker Mac DeMarco's song "Salad Days."
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Are there any eco-friendly credit card companies?

A reader discovers that his credit card company is funding dirty energy. Umbra looks out for the planet's best interest.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Meet Lewis Latimer, the African American who enlightened Thomas Edison

He helped bring electricity to the masses, and understood the links between electric power and political power. He'd love today's distributed solar movement.
FOUL PLAY

How Chicago’s Little League scandal cheats city kids

The young players from Jackie Robinson West were stripped of their Little League title. City kids everywhere may have lost a lot more.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Big Oil is desperate for your love. Watch their silly plea in this insane video

Divestment means breaking up with fossil fuels. We're ready to move on.
GREEN APPLE

Apple to spend $850 million on solar energy

Its massive new installation will produce enough power to supply 60,000 California homes, says CEO Tim Cook.
CITIES

Why we need to fix our crumbling roads, not build new ones

Past transportation spending has mostly been directed to construction rather than repairs. Here's why that doesn't make much sense.
LIVING

We’ll need more vaccines in a warming world

Climate change could make deadly diseases like rotavirus even worse.
LET'S BURST THEIR BUBBLE

Naomi Klein on the power of fossil fuel divestment

Taking our money out of oil and coal companies is just the start, says Klein. We also want to nationalize the companies and seize their profits.
POLITICS

Republicans can’t win Latinos while ignoring climate change

The GOP thinks Hispanics should be natural conservatives. Problem is, most Hispanics want climate action and most Republicans don’t.
WAVE HELLO

Please look at these beautiful waves, because the ocean is awesome

When the seas inevitably rise to swallow civilization as we know it, at least it'll be f*cking gorgeous.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Oklahoma had 3 times more earthquakes than California last year

2014 was a crazy year for quakes in the Sooner state -- and fracking was partly to blame.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

No, climate scientists are not manipulating their data

Some climate deniers say scientists are skewing data to show a warming planet. Here's why they're wrong.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Why Obama’s new transportation plan is pointless, in 16 tweets

We asked our resident transportation wonk, Ben Adler, to write about the administration's "Beyond Traffic" report. Here's what he did instead.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Should you be worried about solar leasing? Utilities think so

Some Republicans and utilities want solar leasing to seem shady. But experts think their concerns are overblown.

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