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James Fallows discussion and Last Mountain film screening
On February 1, 2011, Grist hosted a screening of the new documentary The Last Mountain—a look at the fight against mountain top coal removal in West Virginia’s Coal River Valley. […]
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Featured Friend: Maia Patrick Donohue
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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Friday music blogging: Radiohead
The new Radiohead album, announced just last week, was abruptly released today, a day earlier than promised. The King of Limbs is available for download in either lossy (MP3) or […]
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Let’s stripmine life’s birthplace on Earth because we suck at recycling!
The biome around a hydrothermal vent is truly like nothing on the planet, because most candy-ass living creatures can’t hack it in such a hot, sunless, sulfurous environment. But even […]
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Friday music blogging: Band of Horses on Yo Gabba Gabba
What the what? Band of Horses doing a song called “Out In Nature” on the show Yo Gabba Gabba? Are you reading my mind, Universe?! This can only mean a […]
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Adorable reindeer die to teach you a lesson about sustainability [COMIC]
Stuart McMillen’s comic “St. Matthew Island” is a parable about population control, resource scarcity, sustainability, and biodiversity, with bonus cute reindeer. Here’s the short version: The reindeer of this tiny […]
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‘Piecycle’ makes it OK for hipsters to eat dessert
Max Kraushaar has ridden his fixie right out of an episode of Portlandia to bring you some lemon meringue. It’s like a hipster Mad Lib: Skinny guy with [handlebar mustache/fedora/giant […]
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The yuppies of the future live in yurts
It’s no longer enough for your Futuristic Future Dwelling of the Future to be eco-friendly, alternative-powered, and 100 percent recyclable. You also have to furnish a portfolio of computer-rendered yurt-porn, […]
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Town centers are the new death panels
Photo: Matthew ReichbachOh, those Teabaggers — always smacking you in the face with something unpleasant. This time it’s self-righteous outrage at the socialist erosion of our Freedom Sprawl. Because in […]
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Definition of car-dependency: Using a car to steal a bike
Photo: K. SteudelHere’s how car-dependent we are as a culture: Even bike thieves don’t ride bikes. Police in Iowa City report that a man who could have committed one criminal […]
