Articles by Madeleine Thomas

Madeleine Thomas is a Grist fellow. Follow her on Twitter.

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These ice cream makers aren’t down with vanilla’s brand new invention

Companies like Häagen-Dazs and Straus Family Creamery won't be using vanilla made via synthetic biology.

Madeleine Thomas Food and Agriculture
PETA’s new virtual reality game could make you too chicken to eat chicken

I, Chicken, a new virtual reality game from PETA, lets you experience life as a chicken just before slaughter.

Madeleine Thomas Technology
This California bill will make electric cars way less pretentious

If passed, the Charge Ahead California Initiative would subsidize electric cars for low-income drivers throughout the state.

Madeleine Thomas Culture
Renewable energy is up, but renewable investment isn’t

Despite a worldwide boom in clean energy, the International Energy Agency warns that governments need to keep encouraging the sector or growth will lag.

Madeleine Thomas Climate & Energy