Why we need to sweat

This week's Record High newsletter looks at the science of sweating: It may be the pits, it’s the body's best defense against extreme heat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Will sweat help us survive climate change?

It's gross. It's sticky. And it's already saved your life. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

New battery recycling rules could be a game-changer in the EU’s search for EV minerals

The regulations could ease demand for mining and jump-start battery recycling worldwide. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How the shift to electric vehicles is fueling the UAW strike

"The EV transition must be a just transition that ensures auto workers have a place in the new economy.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Deprived of Colorado River water, an oil company’s plans to mine in Utah may have dried up

An Estonian oil company planned to produce enough oil in 30 years to spew the equivalent of carbon emissions from 63 coal plants. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida. 

Anemones, sponges, and jellyfish are bleaching throughout the Everglades amid record temperatures. It's a troubling sign for Florida Bay and beyond. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Indigenous peoples are being excluded from a global pool of climate cash

A United Nations expert says the world is spending trillions on climate action and only a fraction is going to Indigenous communities. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

New EPA watchdog report says refineries can’t police themselves

Many of these refineries are located in and around neighborhoods of color. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Hawaii needs to build hundreds more miles of firebreaks to protect against wildfire

Fire officials and landowners have known for years about gaps in Hawaii's firebreaks and fuelbreaks. The problem boils down to money and cooperation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Extreme heat is linked to higher risk of life-threatening delivery complications for pregnant people

A new study found significant associations between both long- and short-term exposure to environmental heat during a pregnancy and severe maternal morbidity. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

‘It’s gigantic’: Hurricane Lee heads for New England and Atlantic Canada

The 600-mile wide storm has weakened, but its impacts in Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are expected to be severe. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

This tax tweak is supercharging Biden’s climate agenda

For the first time, clean energy tax credits are transferable, and the market for them is surging. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How climate change contributed to the staggering flood death toll in Libya

Climate change, politics and crumbling infrastructure were all factors in the horrific death toll from flooding in Libya. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Is it time for the world to take a siesta?

An idea from the past could provide a way to cope with extreme heat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

A simple way to make electric cars more accessible: Share them

Car shares not only make EVs more equitable, they reduce the number of vehicles on the road and the resources needed to decarbonize transport. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities

The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days

A new report finds that Indigenous peoples made up more than a third of those deaths. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How cities are working to improve ‘tree equity’

Data reveals the division of tree cover along racial and income lines in cities — and can also help them fix it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

A transgenic American chestnut tree is coming. Who is it for?

As federal agencies prepare to deregulate a transgenic chestnut, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

The fight for worker safety protection heats up at the Phoenix airport

People laboring in brutal temperatures want OSHA to investigate conditions that leave them vulnerable to heat illness and exhaustion. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Study: Lead exposure killed more than 5 million people in just one year

The World Bank study estimates that the overall cost was $6 trillion in 2019, roughly 7 percent of the world’s economic output.   | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

What would happen if the world cut meat and milk consumption in half?

Agricultural emissions would fall by almost a third. But getting there wouldn't be easy. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How community feedback can improve the green energy transition

A successfully re-routed Southwestern transmission line shows its possible to overcome green energy obstacles. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

The end of summer vacation

With scorching temperatures, are we losing our ability to have fun in the sun? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

A look inside the plan to store carbon at the bottom of the Black Sea

Whenever Ram Amar explains his idea for mitigating climate change, people usually look at him strangely and ask if he’s crazy. It’s easy to see why.  His startup, Rewind, wants to sequester a gigaton of carbon each year — about 10 percent of what climate scientists deem necessary … | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Their water is undrinkable. So these West Texas residents have taken matters into their own hands.

The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

2023 has already broken the US record for billion-dollar climate disasters

There have been 23 “billion-dollar disasters” to date this year, according to a report issued Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Companies are claiming to be ‘plastic neutral.’ Is it greenwashing?

Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels

A new study shows disaster restoration workers, mostly refugees and immigrants, are poorly protected as top firms "pad their pockets by cutting costs." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

‘A silent killer’: How saltwater intrusion is overtaking coastal farmland in the US

As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

UN warns the world is “not on track” to meet global climate targets

An intensive report card on how the world is doing after the 2015 Paris Agreement has bad news: we're failing on climate change. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Parts of the world have already grown too hot for human survival

Even more areas will face such conditions as the planet continues to warm from fossil fuel combustion.    | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

50 climate leaders to know right now

Our annual list spotlights the people pushing fresh solutions to our planet’s biggest problems. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Mobile homes could be a climate solution. So why don’t they get more respect?

Mobile homes house 22 million people in the U.S. and investing in them could be a solution to the housing and climate crises | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Environmentalists sue Utah for failing to protect the shrinking Great Salt Lake

Researchers warn that the lake may disappear in five years if water loss continues at current rates. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Amazon deforestation continues to plummet

So far this year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than in 2022 and is at levels not seen since 2018. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum

An increasing number of high schools are offering class credit for climate action. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Biden bars oil drilling across wide swath of Alaska’s Arctic

The moves would cancel Trump-era oil leases in ANWR and protect millions of acres on the North Slope from drilling. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

The planet just sizzled through the hottest summer on record

Scientists have long warned that scorching summers — marked by heat waves, freak storms, and drought — could become the norm. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How Georgia’s organized crime law swept up dozens of nonviolent ‘Cop City’ activists

Despite the serious charges, most of the allegations in the indictment involve nonviolent activities like distributing flyers. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Burning Man’s climate reckoning has begun

Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

After a year and a half, negotiators finally have a draft of the global plastics treaty

Environmental groups welcomed the treaty's first draft, published on Monday. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

How many people are really dying from heat?

“The system of death surveillance wasn’t designed for a climate-changed world." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Ken Paxton may be impeached, but his anti-environment legacy will live on

Opponents call embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s tenure “a disaster for Texas’ air, water, and climate.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

In a small French town where Houston-based LyondellBasell is a fixture, residents complain of unending pollution

Activists in both countries complain that regulators prioritize the economic well-being of polluting industries over the environment and public health. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Why the United States undercounts climate-driven deaths

As temperatures rise and weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor climate-related deaths becomes increasingly urgent. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Under new state law, Texas will bill electric vehicle drivers an extra $200 a year

The new registration fee is meant to make up for the state’s lost revenue from gasoline taxes that are used to pay for road construction and maintenance. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago

Why the Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind auction wasn’t a smash hit

The region’s first-ever lease sale arrived at a time of industry turmoil, and in a place saddled with unique obstacles to offshore wind development | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 year ago