Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America

Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 22 hours ago

Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central U.S.?

A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 day ago

The USDA is unfreezing clean energy money — but ‘inviting’ grant recipients to remove DEI and climate language

The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.

Inside the little-understood fight between deep sea miners and Indigenous advocates for the ocean. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

The quest to fix the irony at the heart of every heat pump

The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

A federal judge just hit the brakes on Trump’s plan to fast track industrial fish farming in the Gulf

Advocates for marine health say aquaculture 'has no place in U.S. ocean waters." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs

In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate and health funding

Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.

Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could kill American innovation

The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

What Tesla’s massive image problem means for the world’s transition to EVs

Tesla has long been a leader in the electric vehicles market. Now it's facing mounting protests and plummeting sales. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The climate movement needs lawyers. This ‘pro bono bootcamp’ helps connect the dots.

It's not just high-profile lawsuits — climate solutions need contracts, corporate advice, and IP filings. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they’ve gone quiet.

Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

How the Trump administration is targeting green transportation in blue states

The Department of Transportation has threatened to pull funding for high-profile climate-friendly projects in California, New York, and Washington, D.C. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change

After mass firings and rehiring, thousands of federal employees are bracing for deeper cuts — just as wildfires, floods, and rising temperatures threaten national parks. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Yellowstone’s gateway town fears for its future amid Trump funding cuts

“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Why Indigenous nations are walking away from pipeline talks in Michigan

Experts say tribes are protesting federal agencies as Trump fast tracks oil and gas projects. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law

According to Indigenous legal experts, the freeze erodes the little trust Indian country has in the federal government. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Egg prices hit record highs. Are you ready to try a vegan egg?

Bird flu has apparently done what environmentalists have long dreamed of: made Americans curious about egg alternatives. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?

With a $4.5 trillion fight over tax cuts looming, the oil and gas industry wants to protect billions of dollars in tax benefits it enjoys and get new ones, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

1 in 8 Californians live in the most dangerous wildfire zones

After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

Tariffs won’t just hit your wallet. They could also increase food waste.

From farm to retail, the threat of trade barriers is already impacting the food supply chain. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

The $20 billion question hanging over America’s struggling farmers

Extreme weather wiped out billions in crops last year — but most federal aid may end up going to the wrong farms. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Trump wants to wind down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?

Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

The government aims to cut funding for safer streets. Here’s who would be hurt most.

The Department of Transportation considers freezing funding for bike lanes and other pedestrian safety projects as the Trump administration leans into fossil fuels. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

The world’s biggest youth climate lawsuit lost in court, but it ‘changed the world’

The landmark Juliana v. United States sparked a global movement to defend children's rights to a healthy climate, a campaign that's already scored two wins. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future

To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Beneath Greenland’s ice lies a climate solution — and a new geopolitical battleground

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed

“The soul of our ancestors, when they leave this world, they go into the deep.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.

Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Why Biden and Trump both support this federal mineral mapping project

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?

Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of extraction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Trade-offs of the green transition: Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds

Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

In the race to find critical minerals, there’s a ‘gold mine’ literally at our shoreline

Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising — but challenging — source of minerals: seawater. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Farmers are reeling from Trump’s attacks on agricultural research

A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Can cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

These vegan meat brands taste almost as good as the real thing. Taste tests prove it.

New research shows which products are closest to "taste parity" — and which need more work. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Power companies would rather not clean their toxic messes. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish.

Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources

"The health of Palestinians affects the health of Israelis and vice versa. And the best example is water." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico

As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago