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| URL : | http://grist.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Environmentalism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 10902 | |
| Posts / Week: | 40 | |
| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants
Planting your green roof with sedum is like hiring employees based on how long they can physically sit in an office chair instead of how good they are at doing the work.
Holland is better than we are at everything, and they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go
OK, Holland, we get it! You have all the nice things!
Undead farm bill: Everyone’s favorite legislative zombie shuffles on
Congress bakes up a ginormous gift to corporate ag, which may well collapse and die. But don’t start celebrating yet.
America’s first climate refugees: Can a baked Alaska deny climate change?
From Palin to Parnell, Alaska's politicians have struggled to reconcile policy with actuality.
What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out
A new report in the journal Science says that we don't yet have the full story on hydraulic fracturing. Haha. Too late. We've fracked half the country anyway.
Ag-gag bill chokes in Tennessee
Tennessee's Republican governor vetoed a bill that would have made it harder for animal activists to expose abuses by agricultural workers.
Heady Colo. farmers plowing ahead with hemp farming
One Colorado farmer has planted the nation's first big industrial hemp crop in 60 years. Yes, it's still illegal.
As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes
At Arctic Council meetings in Sweden, the secretary of state wants the world to know the U.S. is very sorry for all that it has done to destroy the ice.
Yesterday’s deadly storms in Texas produced grapefruit-sized hail
As if deadly tornadoes weren't enough, Texas storms produced hailstones that have to be seen to be believed.
Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts
That's the weight of 5,000 cars. It’s heavier than the Capitol dome.
Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate
That adorable polar bear orphaned in Alaska found a home at a Buffalo zoo.
This is house is designed to be eaten by plants
Italian architecture firm Act Romegialli designed this building to start as a little garden house, and then be gradually eaten by the garden.
California might borrow $500 million from its climate fund
California's governor saw $500 million sitting around, waiting to be spent on climate projects, and decided it should probably be spent in other ways.
People are so addicted to KFC that they’re willing to smuggle it across the Gaza border
So far, the delivery service, Yamama, has brought in 100 meals, according to the New York Times.
Antarctica’s ‘bleeding glacier’ is kind of terrifying
Don't worry, it's just ketchup. No, wait, it's just runoff from a hidden lake.
97 out of 100 climate scientists agree: humans are responsible for warming
Say it again: Another exhaustive study confirms that there's virtually no disagreement among climate scientists about the cause of climate change.
America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape
Jeff and Lisa Charles -- and their six children -- lead the evacuation of Newtok, Alaska, to their new home in Mertarvik.
Unleash your inner seed demon: Three easy ways to grow herbs at home
Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, tries raising herbs from seed, and promptly goes gaga over her cute little sprouts.
Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water
There are a lot of Americans who think water's boring unless it tastes like artificial flavors and sweeteners.
Just in time for summer: Budget cuts force Forest Service to skimp on firefighters, trucks
Across-the-board spending cuts triggered by Congressional uselessness will see more than 500 federal firefighting jobs cut this summer, despite the threat of major wildfires.