Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws | Grist (grist.org)
The Fescue Fighters | A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of U.S. cows is spreading. Can it be stopped? (grist.org)
It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading. Warming temperatures from climate change are now expanding the northern limit of the fescue belt, and the grass is marching into new areas, taking root on disturbed land, such as pastures. Northern Illinois and southern Iowa could already be officially added to the fescue...
At prom, fast fashion slows down (grist.org)
On a Saturday in February, high school senior Kaylee Lemmien sifted through racks of dresses at Tinker Tailor, a small shop in downtown Elk Rapids, a village of about 1,500 people in northern Michigan....
Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid | Grist (grist.org)
Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil fuel projects | Grist (grist.org)
Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't. | Grist (grist.org)
Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects | A new bill could impose a fee on any company insuring a fossil-fuel project in the state. (grist.org)
Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton: How bio-based textiles could replace plastic in our clothing (grist.org)
“The age of plastic began because it mimicked other things, and the functionality was so good that it became its own thing,” fashion designer Uyen Tran told Grist, when we interviewed her for our 2023 Grist 50 list. In 2020, Tran founded a company called TômTex to create bio-based materials that can replace synthetic...
Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame? The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike. (grist.org)
Across the United States, summer is the height of “kitten season,” typically defined as the warm-weather months between spring and fall during which a cat becomes most fertile. For over a decade, animal shelters across the country have noted kitten season starting earlier and lasting longer. Some experts say the effects of...