If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms? | Continue reading
Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs. | Continue reading
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars. | Continue reading
A judge will decide the fate of Ha’Kamwe’ as the Hualapai Nation fights the drilling in court. | Continue reading
More than 200 science, technology, engineering, and math professionals are candidates at the state and municipal level this year. | Continue reading
“They burn hot, they burn fast, and they're hard to extinguish." | Continue reading
The Golden State finally fixed its ban last month, but at least five other states still allow the distribution of extra-thick "reusable" plastic bags. | Continue reading
At least six people died in the storm, and some 80,000 ended up in shelters. | Continue reading
In St. James Parish, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines. | Continue reading
Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching resources thin. | Continue reading
In the series “Moral Hazards,” Grist explores some of the ethical conundrums of living in the era of climate change. | Continue reading
Azolla is a nutritious aquatic fern that grows like crazy. New research finds that the cyanobacteria within the plant are nontoxic, potentially clearing the way for Azolla to become a novel food. | Continue reading
Hundreds of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as the state faces its second major hurricane in two weeks. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. We’ve heard it time and again: Despite what the science says, climate change does not rank high among Americans’ priorities in the ballot box. When we launched this series in August, however, we made the ca … | Continue reading
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change. | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline. | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline. | Continue reading
Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic. | Continue reading
Milton's wind speeds skyrocketed by 90 mph in 24 hours. It’s one of the fastest intensification events scientists have ever witnessed in the Atlantic. | Continue reading
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live. | Continue reading
Trailers and manufactured homes have long served as a lifeline for struggling families. A warming world has made them a perilous place to live. | Continue reading
Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget." | Continue reading
As cities and towns contract with large waste haulers to comply with a California composting law, some community composters say they're being pushed to the margins. | Continue reading
Critical minerals buried beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean-energy transition. | Continue reading
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl. | Continue reading
The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good. | Continue reading
Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics. | Continue reading
Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics. | Continue reading
Almost none of the storm's devastation will be paid out by insurance. | Continue reading
Climate Defiance activists direct their fury at the rich and powerful. They’ve also started working with them. | Continue reading
New research shows that the patterns of Earth’s high winds have led to serious problems on the ground. | Continue reading
Concerns about our future are valid — but they aren't always shared by those who are fighting to survive in the present. | Continue reading
Under the Biden-Harris administration, tribes got more of a say in Congress and tons more funding. A Trump-Vance win could upend that. | Continue reading
As Appalachian ginseng turns from rural tradition to global commodity, the Forest Service is trying to keep foragers at bay. | Continue reading
It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway. | Continue reading
With voting underway, election officials must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places. | Continue reading
A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water, but at a steep cost. | Continue reading
Do carbon emissions cause climate change? "Let's just say that's true," said J.D. Vance. | Continue reading
Do carbon emissions cause climate change? "Let's just say that's true," said J.D. Vance. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. We’re Jake Bittle and Ayurella Horn-Muller, two reporters here at Grist, and we’ve been traveling up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida over the past week reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has devastated much of t … | Continue reading
Patrick Brown is trying to tell a complicated story about climate change. Many don't want to hear it. | Continue reading
Getting laws passed is one thing. Protecting them from Republican opposition is another. | Continue reading
Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up. | Continue reading
In response to outbreaks of West Nile virus and EEE, cities spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Is there a better way? | Continue reading
After three hurricanes in a year, the cycle of recovery continues in hamlets along the state’s west coast. | Continue reading
11 percent of the country’s emissions come from agriculture. Will Congress do anything about it? | Continue reading
11 percent of the country’s emissions come from agriculture. Will Congress do anything about it? | Continue reading
New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.” | Continue reading