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It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Breath-catching edition 0
Posted 1 week ago
After last week's Congressional frenzy, we take a moment to reflect on the climate vote and its fallout. Next week: no ACES, we promise!
Hidden costs of Obama’s energy bill 1
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: OMG They’re Voting! edition 1
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
You've maybe noticed a certain theme on Grist lately. Call it what you will -- Waxman-Markey, ACES, The Crucialest Legislation This Country Has Seen In Recent Memory or Maybe Ever -- it's a critical battle in the climate fight. Right?
He's Also Dating Miss Nomer

Mark Sanford’s “world wind” tour 1
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Is the South Carolina conservative-cum-philanderer a fan of alternative energy too? Investigating the truth behind those blush-inducing emails.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: apocalypse edition 0
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Did you hear about that climate report that came out? That 196-page report that, even though it's in layman's terms, is still ... 196 pages? Here's five lines to tell you what it's all about.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: mustache edition 1
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Pitchforks, a fake treaty, and obstinate I-can't-hear-you newspaper reading -- this week's ode is action-packed!
Shut Your Mouth!

13 badass greens 17
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.
Vanity Unfair

Ask Umbra on license plates 6
Posted 1 month ago
A devoted green gets a license plate reading PVC -- what to do? Umbra hammers out a number of suggestions.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: plagiarism edition! 0
Posted 1 month ago
In which our doggerelist, forsaking rhyme and short on time, repurposes someone else's hot climate prose.
Who needs teeth when you've got cheap power?

West Virginia celebrates the blessings of a coal-based economy 27
Posted 1 month ago
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal the official state rock. Here are some suggestions of other ways he could celebrate the blessings coal brings.
Bra Va

Ask Umbra on eco-undies 14
Posted 1 month ago
What have you got on under there? Umbra covers the topic of green unmentionables.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on shaving 4
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
You Finn some, you lose some

Grist profiled in Finnish paper—read all about it 5
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Grist is the focus of a feature story in a Finnish newspaper, and with some help from Google Translate, we attempt to find out what the heck it says: “Will climate change laughs? Humor is a can, and sugar, with online magazine Grist may be the Americans to swallow the bitter environment.”
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 25 1
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Can politicians save the world by hopping on a jet? If this week serves as evidence, the answer is "you bet."
The Importance of Being Unearnest

Liberals aren’t laughing at Mike Judge’s new show, but not for the reason you think 15
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
The animated eco-satire The Goode Family premiered last night, and got blasted by the press. Is it because, as some are suggesting, the press is full of liberal elites who can't laugh at themselves? Or is it because the show just ain't funny?
All You Need Is Lav

Ask Umbra on public peeing 20
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Is it OK to let it mellow in a public restroom? Umbra advises.
The Daily Show on fuel efficiency standards 3
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jon Stewart was brilliant as usual on Obama's new fuel efficiency standards:
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 18 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In honor of this week's landmark climate vote -- and because it's a long weekend and you all have short attention spans -- a stirring and short-by-definition haiku.
The grist list

From Doug to Diaz 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brad's bro gets into the green game, and Cameron comes clean about her habits.
America's other first family

Lessons in fast-food greenwashing from The Simpsons 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sunday's episode of the Simpsons begins with a wickedly good greenwashing story.