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Small-scale farmers fight back against the climate monster
"Small Scale Farmers Cool the Planet" shows how organic farmers just might hold the key to slaying the biggest beast of our age.
Your Netflix addiction is screwing the climate
While you binge-watched the first season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix data centers were spewing carbon.
Watch this before you get down to sexy times tonight
This video is a sweet and straightforward guide to sexual consent, and should be shared with everyone you know who has sex.
These scientists are trying to change rice as we know it
An international team is trying to create a more efficient kind of rice. What can coffee beans and cat poop tell us about their work?
Kale may be coming to a McDonald’s near you
To help revive declining sales, the fast-food chain is testing a new kale breakfast bowl at locations across southern California.
When it comes to sex dungeons, sharing is caring!
A new company, KinkBnB, is connecting homeowners and kinksters in an AirBnB-like service.
Google’s self-driving cars will hit California streets this summer
The prototypes will make their debut on public roads in just a couple short months.
These cute kittens rode in a cargo bike from Amsterdam to London
This company features a cat butthole in their logo and that's not even the weirdest thing it's done.
All eyes are on Seattle as it fights Shell’s dirty Arctic plans
"Kayaktivists" are taking to the water this weekend to protest Shell's decision to moor its Arctic drilling rig at Seattle's port.
6 ways to promote economic equality and climate action at the same time
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other liberal Democrats have unveiled a new progressive agenda. Here’s how to make it even stronger and greener.
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What’s with those melting ice shelves in Antarctica? We explain
First the Larsen A ice shelf crumbled, then the Larsen B. Now scientists are keeping close tabs on Larsen C, which is the size of Scotland.
These 3D maps of coral reefs are totally rad
3D usually sounds like a gimmick, but these 3D maps of coral reefs will actually help track their health.
Scientists will never build a perfect climate model, but that’s OK
These NASA scientists live above Seinfeld's diner and predict the future.
Everyone is beating Whole Foods at its own game
Competing organic lines from other national retailers have caused the powerhouse's profits to plummet.
Is America ready for a vegetarian president?
GOP candidate Ben Carson may be a Tea Party favorite, but his red-state leanings don't extend to red meat.
If you care about women or the environment, you’ll hate what might have happened in Iowa
An oil company allegedly offered an Iowa landowner the services of a teenage prostitute in exchange for allowing a pipeline in his yard.
Exclusive: The Crow Quill Night Owls play the best break-up song
Watch The Crow Quill Night Owls play their jaunty, ragtime country blues number, "Cryin My Blues Away," at last year's Pickathon.
Can I put chopsticks in the compost?
A reader wonders what to do with utensils that come with her take-out. Umbra says MSG, let me think about that.
Reality TV that doesn’t suck: Watch this family feed 10 kids with an awesome farm
This video on New Orleans food culture features a recipe for Creole chicken and shrimp curry, too.
Texas doesn’t give a damn about your reproductive rights
The majority of women in Texas encounter some sort of barrier to accessing reproductive healthcare.
In search of artificial muscles, scientists have turned to onions
How squishy robots of the future could one day be made of gold-plated onion skin.
How water woes will mess with food businesses
A new report makes the business case for food producers to do more to protect their water supplies by supporting action on climate.
Good news! Climate change could make weed more potent
We’re pretty sure these scientists were stoned when they wrote this study.
We spent the last month talking to farmers about food. Here’s what matters
Farm size matters because farmers should be able to make a living raising our food without becoming a gigantic operation. Here's why Grist matters, too.
It’s time to panic. Olives are in big trouble
Olive oil is like liquid, edible gold -- so we're bummed that olive trees in Italy are being eaten alive by an invasive pest.
Chris Christie accepts the reality of climate change — and doesn’t want to do a damn thing about it
The presidential wannabe isn't a climate denier, yet he opposes cap-and-trade and just about anything else that might curb emissions.
An attorney general, gene-editing biochemist, and a child-free farmer: It’s Woman Crush Wednesday
This week's roundup of badass women in the news also includes the woman behind the first certified organic restaurant in the country.
Dear Vienna: Stop patronizing people who aren’t straight
Putting stick-figure same-sex couples on traffic lights is an attention-getting gesture. But actually naming things for activists is more meaningful.
This weird plant might be the future of Alaskan agriculture
Rhodiola rosae is a frost-tolerant succulent that just might be the biggest commercial crop the Last Frontier has ever seen.
Why it’s a bad idea to tax people for every mile they drive
Oregon will soon test a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) tax as a possible replacement for a gas tax. If you care about climate change, it’s the wrong way to go.
Drought ended the Maya empire. Is California next?
If you thought America's drought problems are bad now, wait 'til you see what it can do to an entire civilization.
Hey, doctors: Women aren’t imagining their health problems
Going to the doctor is bad enough without being told that your very physical symptoms are the product of your silly, flighty ladybrain.
Predicting the climate is hard. So one scientist wants to cut corners
Climate models take an enormous amount of time and energy to run, and they still aren't perfect. Here comes "inexact" modeling.
Removing antibiotics from food makes a difference, removing GMOs doesn’t
Food chains are falling over themselves trying to please the public by simplifying their products. Sometimes that's great. Sometimes it's meaningless.
Sorry to harsh your mellow, but that pot isn’t pesticide-free
Turns out marijuana and pesticide regulations are harder to figure out than a stoned 7/11 purchase.
Apple, Facebook, and Google are the greenest tech giants — but they still need to do a lot more
It’s not enough to set a goal of using 100 percent clean power. Big tech companies need to flex their lobbying muscle, especially at the state level.
Connecting the dots between the environment and justice
Help change the conversation about race and environmentalism.
Scientists say we need a huge bird and bat preserve in the sky
Drones could cause a spike in bird and bat deaths. These scientists want to prevent that.
No, really, your birth control is supposed to be free now
Some insurance providers still aren't eliminating copays for birth control, and that's dumb.
John Oliver reminds us that Mother’s Day is a ridiculous sham
Quit with the flimflam and support politicians who make mothers' lives easier.
Local public library going to shit? Some people are starting their own
New York City libraries are as popular as ever, but they are falling apart. A few New Yorkers are starting libraries their own.
Look out, Arizona! California isn’t the only state getting hit by drought
Despite the drought’s epicenter in California, it’s Arizona that will bear the brunt of the West’s epic dry spell.
The oldest city in the U.S. could be totally screwed by rising seas
Florida state officials who deny climate change are leaving coastal cities to drown.
The next big war might be over phosphorus
A new study of soil warns that we're pushing the limits of our planetary skin and in danger of pulling nutrients out of the earth too fast.
White House to Shell: Arctic drilling? Go right ahead
The Obama administration just gave a stamp of approval to Shell's Alaska drilling plan. *facepalm*
These composers put climate change across the globe to music
You’ll definitely get goosebumps when you hear the crescendo of climate change across the globe.
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