Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.

With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.

Small investors, shut out of an SEC communication platform called EDGAR, built their own. They call it POE. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Trump’s plan for ultra-fast meat processing would be a disaster for workers and the environment

Labor organizers, environmental advocates, and economists all agree: This is a bad idea. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders

The first warm, wet spring night sends frogs and salamanders from the forest, bearing fresh evidence of threats from warming winters, drying pools, and traffic. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it

Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections

The state Department of Transportation has sidestepped endangered species protections in 11 cases, according to public records. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.

The lack of inexpensive and comprehensive toxics testing has created a fragile public safety net in polluted towns across the country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems

A recent ruling puts $745 million to restore Louisiana's coastline in doubt. But the effort to get Chevron and other oil majors to pay is far from over. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying

At the UN, global leaders say governments must stop talking and start implementing protections they adopted. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The world is getting too hot to feed itself

A new UN report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities

To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline

A unanimous Supreme Court ruling clears the way for state court proceedings in the decades-long dispute over the pipeline crossing between Lakes Michigan and Huron. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage

A Q&A with the New Mexico Reforestation Center director about what it takes to replant a burn scar post-wildfire. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns

The American Lung Association report comes amid the EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn

While AI helps monitor deforestation and illegal mining, data centers powering the technology are claiming water, energy, and minerals from Indigenous lands. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge

At the UN, leaders confronted compounding crises of territorial violence and digital extractivism. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The ‘age of electricity’ is here. No one knows what comes next.

As the war in Iran upends global fuel markets, two new reports confirm that 2025 was a banner year for renewable energy. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

What’s driving the catastrophic wildfires in Georgia

Drought conditions have been worsening for months in the Southeast. Now tens of thousands of acres are burning, displacing people and destroying dozens of homes. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Know the facts about Vibrio, a bacteria found in coastal waters and raw shellfish

Stay informed about your risk level as you enjoy fresh shellfish and beach trips this summer. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery

A growing body of evidence shows that cemeteries host much more life — including insects, birds, mammals, and rare plants — than death. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN

At Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand coordinated approach to land rights. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement

Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

At the UN, Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings

The gap between what international courts say and what governments do is stark. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The Green New Deal has evolved. Now it’s all about ‘affordability.’

A new "working-class climate agenda" seeks to provide economic relief and tackle global warming at the same time. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

We asked climate leaders what’s keeping them inspired. Here’s what they said.

"There are going to be times that are very, very hard, and we are in one of them. And we have to keep going with passion, dogged determination, and belief that we can make the impossible possible." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests

The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum

Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming

Solar power is cheap, fast, and in demand as data centers consume more and more electricity. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?

The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 month ago

Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?

The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice

A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a 'very violent release' of deep, pent-up heat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.

We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country — and costing some developers millions they'll never get back. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?

Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to a young reader staring down a world of uncertainty. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Climate adaptation funding is scarce. Private investors could help.

A new report highlights how resilience projects from the Netherlands to Malaysia offer a model for tapping private investment to protect cities from climate change. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining

Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U.S. public lands protections | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season

The storm exposes the U.S. commonwealth's climate risks, economic fragility, and federal strain. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia

The U.N.’s biggest Indigenous gathering is happening next week, but a key climate advocate will be missing. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.

"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Trump and the Illinois governor keep feuding over an invasive fish

After accusing Illinois of being an "unreliable partner," the Trump administration is handing control of a billion-dollar carp barrier to Michigan. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Many companies want clean energy. Georgia Power will soon let them build it.

Supporters hope the move will serve as a model for other places balancing surging energy demand and climate goals. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers

After years of delays, the place to rest, recharge, and escape the elements is a major — but incomplete — win for the people delivering your burrito bowls. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?

The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, the disaster agency is still in disarray. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

The spike in diesel prices is quietly costing you billions

"You're probably feeling it in ways you don't realize.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

This simple metal tube helps scientists predict drought before it happens

On a snowy February morning, Toby Rodgers strapped on a pair of snowshoes and trudged across a snowy field in Washington’s Cascade mountains. Rodgers, a hydrologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, had traveled into the mountains th … | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

The most polluting LNG project in the US is being built in Louisiana

Louisiana LNG is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any other natural gas terminal in the country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago

Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year

The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 months ago