And why they also try to “feminize science,” labeling experts as shrill or emotional. | Continue reading
The air is clear, the roads are clear, and dammit greenhouse gases are stubborn. | Continue reading
The air is clear, the roads are clear, and dammit greenhouse gases are stubborn. | Continue reading
The coronavirus oil crash could be good news for this renewable energy underdog. | Continue reading
Planes have been flying empty to avoid losing their places at busy airports. | Continue reading
If there’s a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that there’s probably never been a better time to ride a bike in the Big Apple. | Continue reading
Shutting down nuclear plants makes way for a silent killer: Air pollution. | Continue reading
One lab’s nuclear waste is this California start-up’s fuel. | Continue reading
A Norwegian city built “the world’s first bicycle lift intended for urban areas,” and over 15 years, it’s helped 200,000 cyclists up a 426-foot hill. | Continue reading
“When the dead zone comes, it just kills everything.” | Continue reading
Farmers in California’s Central Valley are already reckoning with climate change — and changing their ways. | Continue reading
Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them. | Continue reading
"We work together to make a fun bee hotel so the bees can fit their fuzzy little buns in.” | Continue reading
A new study pinpoints the problems. | Continue reading
California farmers are going from growing hay to sprouting electrons. | Continue reading
A new report reveals race and income disparities in regards to a program designed to protect growers from Trump’s trade war with China. | Continue reading
Hint: It’s small, adorable, and looks a whole lot like them. | Continue reading
What if fracking technology helps us discover our renewable energy dreams? | Continue reading
Is it worth it to push our forecasting abilities back 40 years, just for faster cell service? | Continue reading
Meet the Infinity Burial Suit. | Continue reading
It’s time to culturally stigmatize the classic over-watered, over-fertilized, over-mowed American lawn. | Continue reading
Inside the push to tear down an Oakland freeway. | Continue reading
Battery technology is ahead of schedule, opening the door for storing renewable energies. Soon, renewables might rival gas and oil in affordabilty. | Continue reading
More than 20 years after winning millions from PG&E, Hinkley, California, is fighting for clean water. | Continue reading
If you want to convince a climate skeptic, now could be a good time. | Continue reading
The migration aligns with what researchers tell us to expect from global warming. | Continue reading
Hint: the problem predates the Trump administration
| Continue readingYeah, we read each chapter of the report so you don’t have to. | Continue reading
Your two-day shipping deal is releasing tons of carbon emissions. | Continue reading
Climate scientists live in a world that’s still caught between where we are and where we need to be. | Continue reading
We’ve known for a while that the cost of new nuclear power plants in this country has been soaring. Before 2007, price estimates of $4,000 per kilowatt for new U.S. nukes were common, but by&… | Continue reading
A trio of rapidly expanding wildfires are devastating the Golden State. | Continue reading
Scores of startups are aiming to solve the problems that plague nuclear power. | Continue reading
Hitting the 1.5-degrees C goal would require a radical rethink in almost every aspect of society. But not meeting the goal would upend life as we know it, too. | Continue reading
It’s a crisis as big as the planet. Bezos, Gates, and friends are backing a fix. | Continue reading
Open-source farming could challenge Big Ag and take crop production to new heights. | Continue reading
Behind the scenes of Seattle’s latest foray into bikeshares. | Continue reading
As warming temperatures strengthen hurricanes, Caribbean states plead with Trump to rejoin the Paris climate deal. | Continue reading
Surprise! Individual actions do matter. | Continue reading
Life satisfaction plummets in the first years of parenthood, so just say no — for yourself and the planet. | Continue reading
Bitcoin is on track to consume 0.5 percent of the world’s electricity by end of the year. | Continue reading
Bitcoin is on track to consume 0.5 percent of the world’s electricity by end of the year. | Continue reading
Lone star ticks hunt in packs and spread an allergy to beef and pork. Thanks to climate change, they’re spreading. | Continue reading
An especially dismal snowpack this past winter has raised tensions over water rights in the Southwest. | Continue reading
Just got word that Lowe's, Whirlpool, and the U.S. EPA Energy Star program will search this summer for the country's 10 most energy-inefficient families. The lucky winners will receive a home energy makeover "to lower their monthly bills and help save the environment" and a retur … | Continue reading
The First Ever List of Grist Superlatives is now live. Who's the hottest eco-model? The mustachiest geo-green? What's the kinkiest eco-innovation? The most self-defeating anti-Kyoto argument? Check out our picks, then tell us what we botched, missed, or totally nailed. | Continue reading
Still more laudatory press coverage for our Maximum Leader, this time in the form of a story from the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), in which Chip participated lo many years ago. It's a great story, but if I can raise the question on everyone's mind: Why must every st … | Continue reading