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U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 11 Percent Since 2007

By Emily E. Adams Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels in the United States peaked at more than 1.6 billion tons of carbon in 2007. Since then they have […]

Lester Brown Uncategorized

Featured Friend: Chris Paine

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 […]

Jennifer Mac Donald Uncategorized

Wendell Berry and Bill Moyers to Talk Coal, Climate This Week on PBS

Beginning October 4, PBS will air a special conversation between two of the people I admire most in the world – Kentucky farmer and author Wendell Berry, and journalist Bill […]

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized

What is Solar Worth to a Utility?

It’s an issue of national debate, but one unexpected state – Minnesota – is engaging a formal process for determining the methodology for setting the value of solar. As the […]

John Farrell Uncategorized

Data farm: MacArthur genius looks for food solutions from space

David Lobell's technique: Rise above the debate, collect and connect datasets, and try to figure out which sustainable farming techniques actually work.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Global food waste explained (with five tomatoes)

Each year, the world produces about 1,471 pounds of edible food for every person on the planet. We only eat about half of that. What happens to the rest? This video breaks it down.

Lindsay Wilson Climate & Energy

Captain Peter Willcox Is a Hero, Not a “Pirate”

Peter Willcox has seen nearly everything. In 1985, he was captain of the Rainbow Warrior when French agents bombed it, killing one of the crew. He and I witnessed first […]

Philip Radford Uncategorized

What the IPCC found: The big news from the new climate assessment

You could read the 36-page summary of the IPCC's new climate report. Or you could just read this, which is much shorter and tastier.

John Upton Climate & Energy

Big Clean Energy News Just Keeps Coming: “Solar is Most Economical Option,” Says Energy CEO

On the heels of last week’s release of carbon pollution safeguards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which requires future power plants to deal with their climate-disrupting carbon pollution, news […]