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Watch the world go up in fracking flares
Natural gas flares join city lights and the Great Wall of China as stuff you can see from space.
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Grist is looking for the spring 2015 class of fellows
Are you an early-career journalist, storyteller, or multimedia wizard who digs what we do? Then Grist wants you!
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Empty study paves the way for fracking in California
Energy companies poised to dig into California's reserves are breathing a sigh of relief.
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Katrina and Sandy cost over 2,000 lives. Will we do better next time?
A new project looks back at the superstorms that have ravaged U.S. coasts, and at storms yet to come.
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Here’s what your Hawaiian vacation will look like in 2050
A new report on climate change doesn't bode well for Hawaii's tourism industry.
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Invasion of the corn snatchers
In Connecticut, thieves are coming in the dead of night for the stalks of small farmers.
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How can we stop the world from having too many babies? Feed more people
If we aim to slow the rocketing population graph, all the evidence points in the same direction: prosperity cuts the birth rate, which will spare the planet.
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Are you there, God? It’s me, climate scientist
Scientists use handwritten letters to share their sad, sad feelings about climate change.
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Have you noticed our handsome new website?
We think our latest redesign is our best ever. But don't take our word for it -- let us know what you think.
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Frackers are sending sludge to the Mitten State
High radiation levels mean there aren't many places you can dump your Marcellus Shale fracking waste. Michigan, residents discover, is one of them.