The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production

Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

Disabled drivers can’t use many electric car chargers. It doesn’t have to be this way.

If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

What the eclipse reveals about the progress and shortfalls of U.S. energy

The U.S. is more reliant on solar power than ever. When the eclipse blocks out the sun on April 8, we'll get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate, and a future where it won't have to. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time

The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities

The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

As Amazon eliminates plastic packaging abroad, it’s using even more in the US

A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar

Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

Jane Goodall’s legacy of empathy, curiosity, and courage

As the iconic scientist and activist celebrates her 90th birthday, her message for younger generations is one of hope — and not fearing the next adventure. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

The US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade

Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

North Carolina tried to rebuild affordable housing after a hurricane. It took half a decade.

Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

The EPA wanted to clean up steel mills. Then a group of Rust Belt senators got involved.

Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

Indigenous peoples’ climate labor benefits everyone. Should it be paid?

“I don’t think money is going to solve it. But I also feel like we do have a responsibility to ensure that we are taking care of the people who are working for all of us.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

The EPA’s push to clean up trucking goes way beyond 18-wheelers

Delivery trucks, school buses, and other short-haul vehicles will electrify much faster than big rigs, easing air pollution in urban neighborhoods. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

Indigenous Pacific wildfire survivors on Maui can finally get FEMA help

Three Pacific nations signed treaties with the U.S. Then Congress changed the rules. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants

Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes

Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 months ago

With energy demand surging, utilities fall back on their old standby: Fossil fuels.

Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike

Warmer temperatures are driving outbreaks of dengue worldwide, with millions of cases already reported in 2024. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

US landfills emit far more methane than previously known

Aerial monitoring of hundreds of landfills finds they emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the EPA. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the stories we tell about climate change

In "H Is for Hope," Kolbert explores the contradictions of a global problem, from A to Z. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Museums are reckoning with their own carbon footprints as they work to safeguard their collections from heat and storms. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading

A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of U.S. cows is spreading. Can it be stopped? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

IPLC: The acronym that is keeping Indigenous advocates up at night

Native leaders say equating "Indigenous peoples" and "local communities" threatens hard-won treaty rights | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

How bad will heatflation get?

New research shows that climate change is already driving up food prices, with worse to come. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just four years

A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws

The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

In Utah, climate concerns are now motivating candidates

Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods

Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets

The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

A loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable

"They’re going to declare victory on this one and move on." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones

Researchers say the U.N.'s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

It’s official: US air quality got worse in 2023

A new report finds wildfire smoke from Canada tipped the scales. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

A journey into home electrification

Grist writer Tik Root documented his experiences updating his home with cleaner, more climate-friendly systems. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Santander has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LNG buildout in the Gulf

The funds for the liquified natural gas terminals went against the bank’s own policy on fossil fuel investments. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

It’s never been easier to decarbonize your home. It’s still not easy enough.

Here's what happened when two climate reporters tried to ditch natural gas. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

With its new tailpipe rules, the EPA eyes an electric future

Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

California’s concerning embrace of a new forest biomass industry

Questions about environmental safety and community health loom over the greenwashed industry and proposed export scheme. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t.

Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or burned. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

At prom, fast fashion slows down

A Michigan high school shows how style and sustainability can mix at prom. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Connecticut wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects

A new bill could impose a fee on any company insuring a fossil-fuel project in the state. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom

To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?

The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid

Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes

Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show

Until now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

EPA finally cracks down on the carcinogen used to sterilize medical equipment

Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Your tax dollars may be funding the expansion of the plastics industry

Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago

Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stronger speed limits could save them.

Humans are killing right whales and while climate change shoulders some of that blame, stronger boating speed limits are a solution. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 months ago