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Joel Kotkin thinks you want to live in Houston. Here’s why you don’t.
Even many of the Americans who want to live in a single-family home would prefer that home to be in walkable neighborhood near transit.
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Here’s what Grist’s first fellows learned about journalism (and mac & cheese)
Back in February Grist added three journalism fellows. Their terms just ended -- and we couldn't be happier with the results.
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How one Pacific Northwest tribe is carving out a resistance to coal — and winning
A Grist fellow visited the Lummi Nation, to find out how the tribe has been able to successfully push back (so far) against Big Coal.
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Killing young black men like Michael Brown is unsustainable in every sense of the word
In a world that is heating and cooling at increasingly uncontrollable rates, we need more black youth learning how to work with sustainable technology, and less of them in jail or dead.
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Skip the Shark Week mockumentaries and watch real sharks on these live cams instead
Since the Discovery Channel is just making stuff up, we've put together a list of the best real-life shark cams. Call it The People's Shark Week.
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Ants will save the world! Wait, ants?
Ants might be able to speed up carbon dioxide absorption in rocks. Is this a viable way to fight global warming?
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Rather than killing sharks, this town moves them away from human-infested waters
Recife, Brazil, has taken a shockingly non-hysterical approach to reducing shark attacks. Fly fishers everywhere call it catch-and-release.
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Weed could be resistant to GMO labeling in Colorado
Colorado is gearing up for a ballot fight on labeling genetically engineered food products. It looks like the initiative doesn't give cannabis a pass.
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Australia responds to shark attacks by … attacking sharks first
Reacting to an uptick in fatal great white shark attacks, the country’s Conservative Party has decided to kill any shark that comes anywhere near the beach.
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Public art, environment, history, and the locals all collide in the Anacostia River
Artist Mia Feuer wanted to submerge a gas station in the river, but locals fought back. We unpack all the reasons why.
