Recent Posts
Talking about jobs isn’t the only way to lure voters into the climate movement
Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley are framing climate action as an economic stimulus package, but is that the best approach?
In “Advantageous,” society has failed women in a big way
"Advantageous" is a thoughtful look at one possible future, and it’ll leave you thinking hard about what that future is and why -- something we should be doing more often, given our current predicament.
Is there a beanbag chair I can rest easy on?
Are there better choices than little white plastic pellets to fill that blobby comfy chair? Of course! Umbra investigates.
In California, people of color are dangerously close to oil train disasters
A new report finds that minority and low-income residents are more likely to live in California's oil train "blast zone."
Move over corn. Cacti can power cars, too
Cacti and other plants that thrive in arid landscapes could be the future of biofuels, according to new research.
So now we have beautiful underwater greenhouses. Why? Why not!
They're already producing strawberries, basil, and lettuce -- all at 20 feet below sea level.
Happy Canada Day! There are needles in my potato
Who could be planting needles in Canadian potatoes? Those goddamn, water-loving environmentalists are suspected!
Get Grist in your inbox
More Posts
Lego wants to remake its famous bricks with sustainable plastic
The toy company wants to lighten its carbon footprint by making those stray Legos more eco-friendly. Our actual feet, however, will never be safe.
What environmentalists can take from a week of progressive wins
I’m gay, I’m green, and for the first time in a while, I’m excited.
Who protects electronic workers from toxic chemicals?
Inside the story of the hundreds of lawsuits filed against IBM in the late 1990s on behalf of cancer-stricken workers.
Celebrate Independence Day with these rad women (and popsicles)
There's no better conversation starter than the sick things that women are doing in all the many green spheres that we love.
Shell will be allowed to pester walruses in the Arctic, but not as much as it would like
The Obama administration is putting a few restraints on the company's Arctic drilling plans, but not nearly enough, say green activists.
Here’s why you shouldn’t worry about the Supreme Court’s latest environmental ruling
The court threw a wrench in Obama's mercury rule for power plants, but the real-world impacts should be negligible to nonexistent.
Ocean acidification: Not just for oceans anymore!
Rivers are acidifying, too, and baby salmon are struggling.
Mary Iverson makes climate change paintings that are actually cool
The Seattle artist chats about what's really so appealing about shipping containers, and why we need more women in art.
This amazing map is a guide to San Francisco’s hidden waterways
A new map shows where you can catch glimpses of San Francisco's original watershed system underneath the urban skin.
Scientists take a page from super cows and engineer double-bacon hogs
Twice the muscle means twice the meat in these gene-edited hogs, fresh from the lab in South Korea.
Airlines are investing in biofuels. How’s that shaking out?
A California producer of airplane fuel derived from household waste gets a boost from United Airlines.
London will try to beat traffic and air pollution with this new electric bus
The Old Smoke's famous double-decker bus might be getting a whole lot greener.
China, Brazil, and the U.S. all unveil new climate goals
When three of the world's biggest polluters pledge to do more to rein in their climate emissions, that's a pretty good day.
Trucks kill bicyclists all the time. This tool could change that
Trucks are singularly lethal vehicles when it comes to accidents with pedestrians and cyclists. But there's a way to make them less deadly.
“True Detective” makes us wonder: Is Los Angeles totally unlovable?
In the new season of "True Detective," the city of Los Angeles is as dirty and soulless as its flawed protagonists.
You should be excited about this SCOTUS decision, too
ICYMI: The Supreme Court ruled on another major discrimination case last week.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The Supreme Court just punched a hole in Obama’s plan to clean up power plants
The court ruled 5-4 that the EPA didn't properly take costs into account when regulating emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants.
Here’s the real thing killing bees: Us
Neonics were supposed to reduce the use of sprayed pesticides -- and they did. But they also stick around long enough to harm the whole wild ecosystem.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment-- or suggestions, particularly of topics and places you'd like to see covered