grist.org on Hacker News

California's new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year(grist.org)

131 points by littlexsparkee 2 months ago | 188 comments

A tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology(grist.org)

141 points by gumby 3 months ago | 20 comments

Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels(grist.org)

339 points by bilsbie 1 year ago | 501 comments

Article on how Germany installed solar panels on roughly half a million apartment balconies through plug-in balcony solar systems.

Used EVs have never been cheaper. But are they a good deal?(grist.org)

4 points by herbertl 1 year ago | 0 comments

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation(grist.org)

81 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 81 comments

The administration's assault on science feels eerily Soviet(grist.org)

9 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household(grist.org)

22 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

Uber's new shuttles look suspiciously familiar to anyone who's taken a bus(grist.org)

17 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 13 comments

An $18M grant would have drastically reduced food waste. Then the EPA cut it(grist.org)

41 points by rntn 1 year ago | 16 comments

France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why can't we have that?(grist.org)

58 points by devonnull 1 year ago | 63 comments

US Forest Service firings decimate: entire generation of talent and passion lost(grist.org)

67 points by rntn 1 year ago | 24 comments

Three-quarters of the land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth'(grist.org)

120 points by rntn 1 year ago | 61 comments

More farms are turning to automation amid labor shortages(grist.org)

15 points by rntn 2 years ago | 16 comments

London saw a surprising benefit to ultra-low emissions zone: More active kids(grist.org)

294 points by colinprince 2 years ago | 238 comments

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion's Biggest Polluter(grist.org)

11 points by Link_ke 2 years ago | 3 comments

Oakland's new school buses reduce pollution and double as giant batteries(grist.org)

69 points by rntn 2 years ago | 64 comments

The fight to ban gas-powered cars in the 1960s(grist.org)

27 points by robtherobber 2 years ago | 35 comments

Food banks prevented 1.8M metric tons of carbon emissions last year(grist.org)

27 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 0 comments

Landfills Leak More Planet-Baking Methane Than We Thought(grist.org)

51 points by frasermarlow 2 years ago | 37 comments

Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects(grist.org)

4 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 0 comments

FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show(grist.org)

34 points by wahnfrieden 2 years ago | 6 comments

As heat becomes a national threat, who will be protected?(grist.org)

18 points by rntn 2 years ago | 3 comments

Across the country, houses of worship are going solar(grist.org)

19 points by geox 2 years ago | 9 comments

Gasoline is cheap – but charging an EV is still cheaper(grist.org)

13 points by geox 2 years ago | 17 comments

A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them hell on Earth(grist.org)

20 points by rntn 2 years ago | 2 comments

To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians(grist.org)

41 points by rntn 3 years ago | 49 comments

Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk(grist.org)

23 points by DoreenMichele 3 years ago | 6 comments

The hidden cost of gasoline(grist.org)

78 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 64 comments

The US is getting its first new nuclear reactor in 40 years(grist.org)

151 points by DantesKite 3 years ago | 135 comments

The next 5 years will be the hottest yet(grist.org)

26 points by no_wizard 3 years ago | 11 comments

Biggest industries burn through $7.3T of natural capital a year(grist.org)

53 points by alexzeitler 3 years ago | 47 comments

Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices(grist.org)

500 points by toomuchtodo 3 years ago | 275 comments

Grist article reporting that Microsoft quietly supported right-to-repair legislation and explaining why that matters for device repairability.