Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Grist Environmental

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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

GM wheat trial fails, but science wins anyway

British researchers tried to engineer a kind of wheat that would repel bugs without need for insecticide. They failed, but they still learned a lot.
KANYE WHO?

The Dalai Lama calls for swift climate action and pals around with Patti Smith

Forget Kanye West -- the Tibetan leader rocked a panel on climate change to discuss environmental responsibility and Pope Francis' encyclical.
SCIENCE

Humans really are unprecedented in Earth’s geological history — and that’s a bad thing

The science is in! The planet hasn't changed this much since the evolution of multicellular animals.
SCIENCE

Do we really need to spend money on social science?

Should we really be spending limited science funding on social science and climate change art, when we haven't figured out all the hard stuff yet?
LIVING

How should I get rid of old Barbies and Legos?

What to do with old Barbies, Lego bricks, and other plastic toys? Umbra sorts through the disposal dilemmas represented by the toybox.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Here’s the only explainer on California drought you need

What's up with the Colorado River? What are my water rights? Should I feel guilty about almonds? Answers to these questions and more.

Feeling guilty about the climate? Confess, sinner!

Sometimes you need to get all that secret environmental guilt off your plate -- we have just the hotline for you.
LIVING

“The Last Survivors” is drought’s worst-case scenario — and it looks pretty bad

If your post-apocalyptic future involves the worst of water-privatization and hand-to-hand combat, you know you're really in for it.
SHAME IN OUR GAME

Does shame have a place in the climate fight? Jennifer Jacquet thinks so

The climate psychologist and author of "Is Shame Necessary?" explains why need more shame (and less guilt) if we're going to fix the climate.

More Posts

OH SNAP

Americans spent $18.8 million in food stamps at farmers markets last year

At farmers markets, accepting SNAP benefits is a win for low-income shoppers – and farmers, too.
POLITICS

It’s a historic day for gay marriage! Let’s argue about it

A rainbow of perspectives from the Grist staff on the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage.
CITIES

Oslo builds its bees a highway of flowers

We've crowded nature out of much of our cities -- but we can always invite it back in.
LIVING

What can cure fossil fuel dependency and treat bipolar disorder?

Lithium is one helluva drug.
CITIES

There’s no “new Brooklyn” because Brooklyn isn’t even the new Brooklyn

Grist's Ben Adler and MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil talk about Adler's essay on how gentrifying cities can avoid the mistakes Brooklyn has made.
SCIENCE

Does air pollution cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s?

Scientists now suspect that a major cause of dementia could be the air we breathe.
SHADOW OF A DROUGHT

Check out this amazing new tool for judging California’s water use

As the state's drought grinds into a bone-dry summer, California is adjusting its rules. Now people have to make the new rules work.
CITIES

Tip for getting people to use the metro system: Block all the roads

Parisian cabbies are allegedly protesting Uber by blocking roads, but we know what they're REALLY doing.
LIVING

Time to go vegetarian: Smugglers caught with 40-year-old meat

China's latest disgusting food scandal gives a whole new meaning to the term "dry-aged beef."
SCIENCE

Farmed fish are breaking out of their pens at an alarming rate

Fish escaping from aquaculture pens is a really big problem, with a really great name: Fishbreaks!
POLITICS

Here’s what climate hawk Martin O’Malley would do as president

The former Maryland governor is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination on an audaciously ambitious environmental platform.
SCIENCE

These lovely, innocent wildflowers are slowly dying. Thanks, climate change!

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by climate change news, don’t — I repeat, DO NOT — stop to smell the roses. Because they are probably more …
POLITICS

5 reasons the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling matters for the environment

Maybe government can actually act, sometimes. And maybe common sense could become a driving force in our national decision-making.

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