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Obsoleting Bertha: Viaduct traffic plummets
Sightline’s Clark Williams-Derry has a terrific post on the astounding decline in traffic on the Alaskan Way Viaduct since Seattle’s Big Dig II began. Trip volumes are down 40% in […]
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Iron Maiden singer will fly around the world in a giant hybrid airship
Iron Maiden singer, pilot, and hero Bruce Dickinson will circumnavigate the globe in the biggest thing that's ever flown -- a huge hybrid balloon.
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Drought-plagued California tries to drink the ocean (hold the salt)
Un-salted seawater might be one cure for California's water woes, and 17 new desalination projects are banking on it.
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Feedlot frenzy: Should we shun grass-fed beef for the sake of the climate?
Don’t fence us in! Despite a new study’s findings, free-range meat still has a green streak.
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Round up the usual suspicious studies (but don’t link to them)
We picked some bad science to support our post on new findings about herbicide contamination of the atmosphere in the Mississippi Delta. Here's the scoop.
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Five Reasons Solar’s Win Over Gas in Minnesota is Just the Beginning
Solar advocates were popping corks when a New Year’s Eve ruling by an administrative law judge in Minnesota said that distributed solar arrays were a more cost-effective resource than natural […]
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Making a Renewable Energy Revolution
What is needed if we are to have a chance of enacting a renewable energy revolution in enough time to prevent widespread and catastrophic climate disruption? Revolutions happen when: ~~A […]
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Featured Friend: JoeAnn H.
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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In “The Sixth Extinction,” Elizabeth Kolbert reports from the frontlines of a dying world
The New Yorker writer talks mass extinctions, climate inaction, and whether there's any hope (short answer: no. long answer: probably not).
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People-friendly streets: They’re not just for big cities anymore
A bill in the Senate promotes "complete streets" that are more accessible to walkers and cyclists, and it appeals far beyond liberal urban areas.
