This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.

Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 hours ago

There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important.

A guide to the candidates who want to set future energy policy. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 hours ago

Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born

"What we are seeing is compelling evidence that the climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency, it is potentially a neurological one." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 hours ago

‘For anybody who could use a break’: A Q&A with sci-fi author Becky Chambers

What climate lessons can we learn from a pair of cozy solarpunk novellas? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 22 hours ago

Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?

Volunteer cartographers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are turning local knowledge into life-saving maps in the face of rising seas and stronger storms. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 day ago

Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning

When the Trump administration moved to shutt mine safety offices and shutter a program that protects miners from black lung disease, miners demanded it reverse course. It quietly did. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 day ago

In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near Yosemite's tinderbox forests? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers

The president hasn't directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.

New research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.

New research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas

Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar. Now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid, building their own gas-fired power plants on-site. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River

The research highlights the groundwater issues complicating the Colorado River's already strained water supply. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again

A federal judge in Phoenix provides a reprieve for Oak Flat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Youth climate activists won lawsuits in Montana and Hawai‘i. Now they’re targeting Trump.

“Trump’s fossil fuel orders are a death sentence for my generation." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs

Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them

Nearly 5 million acres have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and explosive devices. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

In California’s largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River

"It's our job, our inherent right, to take care of the Klamath Basin and its river.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual

A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

A world built on fossil fuels is loud. Here’s how advocates are defending peace and quiet.

“It's really unbelievable, how much noise impacts so many people." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world

Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

Funding to protect American cities from extreme heat just evaporated

NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped cities better understand their struggles with heat — and deploy solutions for keeping residents safe. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

The sneaky way even meat lovers can lessen their climate impact

Mixing vegetables into processed meat can lower emissions — without compromising taste. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining

Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

The Supreme Court just blew up a major environmental law

A unanimous decision will allow a controversial Utah oil project to go forward, while easing climate review standards for future major energy projects. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

Uber’s new shuttles look suspiciously familiar to anyone who’s taken a bus

Beyond the jokes about Uber inventing bus lines are serious questions about what its shuttle service will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Trump cuts hundreds of EPA grants, leaving cities on the hook for climate resiliency

Critics argue the projects losing funding aren’t "woke," they’re essential. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals

The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against business-related human rights" abuses. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals

The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against business-related human rights" abuses. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

As Trump comes after research, Forest Service scientists keep working

Scientists describe how they’re preparing for the upcoming field season despite the challenges. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law this week. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

What’s likely to survive from Biden’s climate law? The controversial stuff

Most of the incentives left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Trump’s budget bill is on the verge of transforming how America eats

The drastic policy shifts will make it harder on those who grow food — and on those struggling to afford to eat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

In her new book ‘Kuleana,’ Sara Kehaulani Goo fights to keep her family’s land

A Q&A with the Native Hawaiian author on what she learned writing her memoir. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

How the Trump administration is putting hundreds of sacred sites at risk

Indigenous nations are facing impossible deadlines and vanishing budgets amid sweeping federal rollbacks. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data

A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

Paper plants can emit as much CO2 as oil refineries. They’re flying under the radar.

Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment have helped fuel pollution that may be undercounted by 350 percent. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability

“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

Mayors are making climate action personal. It’s working.

As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

Illinois must protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way.

Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa

Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

Solar apprenticeships give Virginia students a head start on clean energy

A regional partnership aims to train young people in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’

Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago

The Senate just voted to block California’s gas car ban

Legal experts say Congress misused a federal law to do so, potentially “opening up a Pandora’s box it cannot close.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

Moderate Republicans defended Biden’s climate law — then voted to repeal it

House lawmakers just voted along party lines to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica

Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica

Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

The Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over Weather Service warning systems

Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' paths wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 21 days ago