Thursday, February 25, 2016

Grist Environmental

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NEWS

Ted Cruz holds Flint water crisis money hostage

Withholding disaster relief funding may come at a cost for Ted Cruz.

U.S. methane problem is much worse than we thought

We're dumping an insane amount of methane into the air.
NEWS

Republicans want to open up millions of acres of public lands to logging and mining

You might have more in common with Donald Trump than the GOP when it comes to protecting national forests.
NEWS

Electric vehicles could be as cheap as gas-guzzlers soon

A study predicts that falling battery prices could have a big effect on the car market in a few short years.
CITIES

Humans evolve to grow hideous mustaches to filter China’s air pollution in new ad

Sometimes, a baby with a mustache is just what the environmental movement needs.
GRAYED EXPECTATIONS

Bet you didn’t know your washing machine could do this

Why use water once when you can use it twice? Advice maven Umbra Fisk helps a reader in California spin through the details of putting laundry water to work in the garden.
FOOD

New grocery store in Denmark sells only castoff foods

It’s a novel idea to cut down on food waste — and it saves buyers money too.
NEWS

James Inhofe blames Flint water crisis on Obama’s climate agenda

Let's be clear: The president's "global warming agenda" is not what went wrong in Flint.
CITIES

Georgia to transform an unassuming stretch of interstate into a greener highway

The "world's first sustainable highway" could be coming to Georgia.

More Posts

NEWS

The NSA spied on top-secret climate negotiations between world leaders

Leaked memo on NSA spying gives us a glimpse of a climate conference that's normally behind closed doors.
LIVING

Consumerism plays a huge role in climate change

A new study shows that the stuff we consume -- from food to knick-knacks -- is responsible for up to 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

No jail time for British activists who blocked runway to protest climate pollution

Climate protesters are increasingly using the argument that civil disobedience is needed to fight the scourge of climate change.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

What determines whether people accept climate science? Politics, politics, politics

A new meta-analysis of years of studies finds that political beliefs are the best predictor of climate-change beliefs.
LIVING

A group of bicycling women are defying norms in the Middle East

For Palestinian women, the path to women's rights may involve taking the velocipedic approach.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Watching coal plants crumble to a Tchaikovsky score is insanely satisfying

Coal plants like you've never seen them before—exploding to a soundtrack of classical music.
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

“Passive” wifi could pave the way for connected devices that run on nothing

Rather than batteries or power chords, passive devices use ambient wifi signals to power themselves and communicate with other devices.
LIVING

China’s biggest film ever is about humans destroying the environment … and mermaids

Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid" features an evil billionaire who wants to kill everything in the ocean.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

China to shut down 1,000 coal mines this year

With deeper cuts to follow.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

The $250 billion health benefit of fighting climate change

Strict vehicle and power plant emissions policies could have near-term health benefits that translate into billions of dollars.
SCIENCE

Urban soil emits a surprising amount of CO2

In some cases, up to 72 percent as much CO2 as fossil fuels burned within a city.

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