Saturday, January 2, 2016

Grist Environmental

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Here’s what a year of green advice boils down to

What a year for burning questions! Advice maven Umbra Fisk reviews the top topics that had readers asking for eco-help in 2015 -- and reminds us all of a few ways to live greener.

Fancy New York hotels commit to going green

The Waldorf Astoria is among the hotels committed to reducing CO2 emissions by 30 percent.
LIVING

This year in forgotten obituaries: Climate deniers, hoverboards, and American empathy

2015 was a year for fallen heroes. We reanimate them.

Our best damn posts of the year (according to the people who wrote them)

Settle in for some of our favorite longreads of the year.

This simulation shows how much space junk is orbiting Earth

More than 20,000 pieces of trash have accumulated around this Pale Blue Dot over the past half-century.

California gas leak called the biggest disaster since BP

Natural gas has been spewing into an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood since October.
FOOD

This map shows where wild bees are in decline

Spoiler alert: It happens to be where we need them most.
SCIENCE

Asthma rates are starting to fall — just not for the poorest kids

Racial and socioeconomic disparities that plague the distribution of childhood asthma are thriving.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Here’s the good news about Earth from this year

These are the top stories from 2015 that actually give us hope for the future.

More Posts

Is Amazon entering yet another market?

The mega-retailer could be getting into the cargo market to compete with UPS and FedEx.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

BP oil spill money to go to Alabama governor’s mansion and a new hotel

The mansion was destroyed decades before the BP oil spill.
FOOD

Pie in the sky: Wood-fired pizza and air quality issues

No matter how attached we might be to that super-heated crust, the traditional ways aren't automatically the healthiest.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

It’s been a strange year for technology, startups, and clean energy businesses

How the internet of things will get hacked by the companies that are building it, and other tales of sustainable (and unsustainable) tech in 2015.

Disappearing coastlines and rising seas: How the GOP is killing Florida

Florida was once a leader on climate change. Now, it's a laughingstock.
FOOD

There’s a run on cauliflower, friend of the paleo diet, enemy to flavor

Unseasonably cold weather is to blame for skyrocketing cauliflower prices.

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