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Climate Change Cowards

Overheard at the water cooler this week: Tom: Sally, did you know we can solve climate change for as little as $35 per person? Sally: I’m afraid that’s a waste […]

Terry Tamminen Uncategorized

Time for Congress to Act and Save Clean Energy Jobs

Today, the US Senate is casting a vote critical to the future of the U.S. wind industry. Wind power has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and the […]

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized

Like some dust bowl with your grain belt?

How crop insurance is subsidizing the conversion of prairie grassland to cornfields -- and seeding a dismal future.

Heather Smith Food

How can we deal with ocean acidification? Step one: Study it.

A group of government agencies have released a strategic research plan for ocean acidification. Stop yawning, this is important!

Amelia Urry Climate & Energy

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks climate solutions

Watch a replay of Inslee's chat with Grist's David Roberts, Climate Desk's Chris Mooney, and others.

Grist staff Climate & Energy

Is this man the greenest governor in America?

If Jay Inslee succeeds in his ambitious climate and energy goals, the impacts will extend far beyond Washington state.

Chris Mooney Climate & Energy

Obama endorses Senate climate hawk Brian Schatz in Hawaii race

In just over a year in the Senate, Schatz has emerged as a leader on climate change. He's now in a close Democratic primary contest, and the president has just given him a leg up.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

What the U.N.’s new climate report says about North America

It's going to get hotter in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico -- and wetter in some spots but drier in others. These graphics tell the story.

John Upton Climate & Energy

U.N. climate report offers lots of bummer news plus a few dollops of encouragement

Global warming will particularly screw over poor countries, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But adaptation is starting to catch on.