A year after the worst wildfire in modern US history, the people of Maui try to heal

Lāhainā residents are skeptical a proposed $4 billion settlement will restore their community. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis

California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder

Rising temperatures mean dehydrated, exhausted kids, and teachers who have to focus on heat safety instead of instruction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Permitting reform is back. Is the latest deal worth it?

Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels. | Continue reading


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Is it possible to build a dream city from scratch?

Sustainability is at the heart of California Forever’s ambitious plan for a new city — and its problems. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?

It would cost more than $1 trillion, but the savings from lower bills and cleaner air would be just as high. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth

"Geography can be maps. But it can also be something deeply personal, like how we interact with space." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

‘Twisters’ is a climate movie, but not a very good one

The summer blockbuster raises big questions about climate adaptation. It just doesn’t have good answers. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

What would a Harris presidency mean for the plastics crisis?

Experts say Kamala Harris has "the know-how and credentials to challenge plastic pollution as president." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality

Set in 2024, the sci-fi classic shows an America ravaged by climate change. Here's what the book got right — and what we can learn from it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

California’s Park Fire is spawning its own smoke thunderclouds

Pyrocumulonimbus clouds might offer a terrifying peek at the future of wildfires. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers

In a Grist exclusive, a new report finds that data gaps end up putting vulnerable communities at even more risk. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.

The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync

As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change

Professors are increasingly combining classroom instruction with efforts to "green" campuses. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

Critics of congestion pricing often end up supporting it. Here’s why.

People often resist congestion pricing because they favor the status quo. But seeing benefits firsthand have led residents around the world to embrace it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health

The Biden administration has set aside billions of dollars for new hydrogen energy. But does the industry need better safeguards? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.

Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green

With nearly $3.4 billion from the climate law, the U.S. General Services Administration is working to slash emissions from building operations and construction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 months ago

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water

Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?

A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

The green transition will make things worse for the Indigenous world

A new study warns that the push for renewable energy could exacerbate socioeconomic disparities among Indigenous communities. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Wind turbines rarely fail. So why did Vineyard Wind’s fall apart?

GE Vernova’s initial analysis found that the fundamental design is sound and the failure of a turbine off the coast of Nantucket originated in the factory that built the blade. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way

Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Deal of the day: New study links online shopping to air pollution

Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Meet the scientists behind the ice sanctuary — a memory vault for dying glaciers

Glacial ice contains valuable data about climates past. These researchers are working to preserve those records for the future. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

How Israel’s war on Gaza unraveled a landmark Mideast climate deal

Project Prosperity, a water-for-energy deal between Israel and Jordan, promised major climate adaption in a drought-stricken region. Then October 7 happened. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

‘Roadspreading’ returns: How Pennsylvania’s oil industry quietly dumped waste across the state

Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

What defines a heat wave? The answer could decide where disaster dollars go.

With heat waves and wildfire smoke emergencies increasing, there's not always a clear pathway for states to access federal aid. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Earth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded

And 2024 is on track to be the hottest year, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Inside a new experiment to find the climate-proof coffee of the future

An international public-private partnership is supercharging coffee breeding to save your morning brew. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

‘Wood vaulting’: A simple climate solution you’ve probably never heard of

Forests throughout the West are overgrown and full of flammable vegetation, fueling wildfires and carbon emissions. Could burying it help solve the problem? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

In Georgia, companies want to cut emissions. Utilities are holding them back.

With less than half of Georgia Power's electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Oklahoma’s tribal lands are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state

When Indigenous peoples were forced off their land, they were boxed into flood-prone areas. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?

A look at Kamala Harris'record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution

Ramped-up production of toxins used in the batteries has communities worried. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves

Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

What Project 2025 would to do climate policy in the US

"It's real bad." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management.

Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management

Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations

"We can't sit back anymore and not participate." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Eulogy for a cactus

Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet

When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Canada makes an unprecedented push for multifamily housing

To tap billions in new infrastructure funds, provinces must require cities to abandon zoning laws that favor single-family homes and encourage climate-friendlier fourplexes. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch

Besieged by logging, fires, and pests, this global balancing act might not last long. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

These power athletes are shifting attitudes about what vegans can look like

In this excerpt, Grist’s Joseph Winters shares the stories of vegan lifters and strongmen who are out to challenge stereotypes about plant-based diets. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

The people who feed America are going hungry

Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago

Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution

Steel companies that process taconite release a slew of pollutants — and they're suing the EPA over new regulations. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 months ago