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Featured Friend: Marshall Ambrose
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next […]
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Is organic food healthier? A new analysis adds … a question mark
A new study sums up all the other studies about the health impact of eating organic and finds that it remains a mixed (compostable) bag.
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A growing appetite for local food sends us back to our root cellars
Don’t want to buy carrots grown in Timbuktu? Good news: Local farmers may have a few tucked away underground.
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Guess which two words can make your nonpartisan education reforms a hot potato?
Some states think that the new national standards for the science curriculum go way too far when it comes to teaching kids about climate change.
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America’s largest reservoir is hitting new record lows every day
The drought and overuse of Colorado River water has led to an epic decline in water levels at Lake Mead.
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Climate change is flooding out American coastlines
A new analysis finds that flooding from storm surges is getting worse as sea levels rise.
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Cowboys, hunters, and enviros team up to fight natural gas drilling
In Colorado's beautiful Thompson Divide, locals are trying to stop drilling before it begins.
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Utilities to battery-powered solar: Get off our lawn
As utilities see how distributed solar, aided by new storage tech, can chip away at their monopolies (and profits), they're fighting back.
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At Chez Dumpster, every misshapen veggie gets its due
An art project serves up gourmet meals, made from produce that would otherwise go to waste, in a setting that can only be called trashy.
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How hot will future summers be in your city?
A new tool lets you see how hot it's going to get in your neck of the woods if we don't do anything about climate change.
