Insurers have paid more than $1 billion in claims related to the Lahaina wildfires and want reimbursement from the utility. | Continue reading
The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won't be easy. | Continue reading
Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017. | Continue reading
How does someone committed to sustainability make for such a believable monster? | Continue reading
A report by Human Rights Watch sheds new light on the experiences of residents living near the region’s sprawling petrochemical complexes | Continue reading
Activists say public power would lower bills and expand clean energy. But they face tough opposition from investor-owned utilities. | Continue reading
A training program led by Harvard offers community organizing skills to clinicians interested in climate action. | Continue reading
New research shows how to protect the aquifers that hold most of the world’s fresh water. | Continue reading
High costs and strict regulations are pushing development into fire country, putting homeowners in the crosshairs of climate change. | Continue reading
An appeals court cleared the way for the chemical giant Formosa Plastics to start building its $9.4 billion complex in Cancer Alley. | Continue reading
“The bottom line is that plastic bag bans work.” | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: As California prepares to destroy a levee and sacrifice its last remaining almond farm, its caretaker remembers the toll floodwaters have taken on his family. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: The arrival of a surprise visitor at a family’s Passover celebration reveals the true story of how they came to be climate exiles. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: At a live art show in the bustling city, a cook grapples with the coastal home he lost. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: A student seeking his purpose in life makes a discovery that could revive a friend’s vital research. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: Across generations and a changing world, an Indian family preserves its traditions through food, dance, and the latest communication fads. | Continue reading
A family races against time to prepare their coconut farm for a massive storm surge. | Continue reading
A mother must come to terms with her child's identity, her husband's passing, and the changing landscape of their community. | Continue reading
In a culture where a child's first word takes on great meaning, a nonverbal child shows his compassion beyond words. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: A father's effort to honor his daughter’s memory through a rewilding project collides with his neighbor’s conventional farming practices. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: On a submarine housing children born with a genetic mutation, people of faith wrestle with the sin of causing an ecological disaster. | Continue reading
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: A desert dweller undergoes a rapid and enlightening metamorphosis to survive the seasonal migration. | Continue reading
A note from Grist's Imagine 2200 creative manager on the importance of hopeful, authentic climate fiction storytelling. | Continue reading
Fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil are looking at rural communities to mine for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears. | Continue reading
A new study found that dragging nets along the seafloor releases a lot of planet-warming carbon into the atmosphere. But some are skeptical. | Continue reading
This story was originally published by Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. In the more than a decade since Alabama regulators allowed a landfill to take in tons of waste from coal-burning power plants around the US, … | Continue reading
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse. | Continue reading
“There is not a house in this community that has not had a person who has suffered from some type of cancer or kidney failure.” | Continue reading
The agency will offer upfront cash payments to disaster survivors and slash some of its infamous red tape. | Continue reading
Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use. | Continue reading
A new study from Princeton University explores the link between fracking boomtowns and the evictions they can prompt for longterm residents. | Continue reading
As the one-year anniversary of a toxic train derailment approaches, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, disagree if it's safe to live there. | Continue reading
There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands but the company says this time is different. | Continue reading
From Portland to San Antonio, cities have begun to mandate that old buildings be taken apart instead of demolished. How do these ordinances work? | Continue reading
In a twist, the greenest companies are talking about their climate efforts the least. | Continue reading
A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants. | Continue reading
Building wind or solar farms on land that’s already been cleared or degraded might be a good place to start. | Continue reading
Researchers are working with communities in Puerto Rico to build more sustainable systems in the face of ongoing challenges. | Continue reading
A new report documents a sharp rise in arguments that clean energy and climate policies won't work. | Continue reading
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one. | Continue reading
The yearlong pilot could be the first step in creating a residential-storage virtual power plant larger than any in North America. | Continue reading
Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy. | Continue reading
A joint investigation by Floodlight and Capital B shows millions of dollars flowed from utilities to Black leaders and their groups since at least 2009. | Continue reading
The program, funded by a federal grant and set to launch in mid-2024, aims to fill cost gaps and ease confusion over government rebates as residents seek to cut heating costs and emissions. | Continue reading
In Georgia, coastal advocates are saying it's time update a 50-year-old law on protecting the half-million acres of salt marshes. | Continue reading
Coastal populations will get older — and more fragile — as young people flee rising seas, according to new academic research. | Continue reading
The world agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. A new IEA report finds we’re currently off track. | Continue reading