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“Inhaling Ozone Is Like Getting a Sunburn On Your Lungs,” and Other Reasons For Strong Smog Pollution Standards

I can only imagine the fear that must grip a parent when their child suffers an asthma attack, and I can only imagine how much time and energy they spend […]

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized

States struggling to understand frackquakes

Frackers are making the earth shake, prompting even frack-friendly states to put their heads together to try to figure out how to reduce the risks.

John Upton Climate & Energy

Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill

It took alert hikers to notice that four miles of a Utah national monument have turned black from an oil-field leak. What else are we failing to catch?

Heather Smith Climate & Energy

Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.

If the Park Service wants more people of color to visit the great outdoors, it needs to make its staff look more like America.

Brentin Mock Climate & Energy

Khongoryn Els-Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Both a literal, and food desert

America’s worst food deserts: Map-lovers edition

Walkscore's got the skinny on which cities do a good job of offering groceries within walking distance and which fail. Go ahead, zoom in!

Nathanael Johnson Food

Join Grist and SXSW ECO for a Big Idea fest (and free drinks!) in Seattle

We’re teaming up with the the smart kids from Austin to shape the upcoming South By Southwest Eco event. Join us!

Grist staff Uncategorized

Fisheries and Aquaculture Fact Sheet

The world fish catch is a measure of the productivity and health of the oceanic ecosystem that covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface. The extent to which world demand […]

Lester Brown Uncategorized

Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective

Just before the economic collapse in 2008, the Canadian province passed a tax on carbon emissions. Five years later, it's a case study in smart climate policy.

Chris Mooney Climate & Energy

Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!

Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.