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Why ‘passive activities’ may be clean energy’s biggest hurdle
Cross-posted from Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. If you care about the future of the American renewable energy industry, you need to learn what […]
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Why that corn-syrup-and-autism study leaves such a sour taste
The paper Grist highlighted constructs a Rube Goldberg-style house of cards that collapses when you take the most basic look at its data and assumptions.
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Autism and high-fructose corn syrup: A deeper look
Grist's editor discusses the furor around last week's post about a study that sought to tie the U.S.'s most popular industrial sweetener to increases in autism rates.
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Four foods you probably waste — and how to stop
Are these fresh ingredients languishing in your kitchen as we speak? Stop the food waste madness with these tips and recipes.
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Haiku update: Reprieve for a boiling frog
Grist Haiku contest ends in dead heat. We're stymied. Frog, live on! (For now.)
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Featured Friend: Tama B.
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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And yet more travel!
April’s been an insane month for me. I gave an hour-long talk on climate at the Monterey Institute (which featured my first-ever PowerPoint presentation!), which I believe was recorded and […]
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A chat with Chris Mooney about The Republican Brain
Science journalist Chris Mooney talks about the GOP's war on science and the psychological differences between liberals and conservatives.
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Help us get haiku
We asked for your best Earth Day haikus, and you rhymed beyond reason. Vote now to help Grist pick a winner!
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Beyond hugging trees: Russian forest activist puts her life on the line, inspires democracy movement
Evgenia Chirikova won a Goldman Environmental Prize for her crusade to stop an illegal road through a preserved forest outside Moscow. Her work has inspired activists all over Russia -- and now the world.
