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
Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state. | Continue reading
After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes." | Continue reading
From farm to retail, the threat of trade barriers is already impacting the food supply chain. | Continue reading
Extreme weather wiped out billions in crops last year — but most federal aid may end up going to the wrong farms. | Continue reading
Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed. | Continue reading
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
Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth. | Continue reading
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
A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading
A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal. | Continue reading
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
Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market? | Continue reading
“The soul of our ancestors, when they leave this world, they go into the deep.” | Continue reading
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China. | Continue reading
A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support. | Continue reading
Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of extraction. | Continue reading
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
Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth. | Continue reading
Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising — but challenging — source of minerals: seawater. | Continue reading
A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation. | Continue reading
After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings. | Continue reading
New research shows which products are closest to "taste parity" — and which need more work. | Continue reading
Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk. | Continue reading
Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide. | Continue reading
"The health of Palestinians affects the health of Israelis and vice versa. And the best example is water." | Continue reading
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
Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse. | Continue reading
Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe. | Continue reading
Few regulations have been as subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations and their political whims. | Continue reading
Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers. | Continue reading
Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life. | Continue reading
“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said. | Continue reading
Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it. | Continue reading
Similar programs across the country are also struggling. | Continue reading
Loading… How the Klamath Dams Came Down By Anita Hofschneider and Jake Bittle Illustrations by Jackie Fawn March 19, 2025 Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story. Part 1 Fish and … | Continue reading
Now they're turning to the UN for help. | Continue reading
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to cut 20 percent of its workforce, a move the agency's former chair warned will be felt through “every component of American society.” | Continue reading
While some states ban shutoffs during winter, summer outages are on the rise. | Continue reading
The USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs, supply shortfalls, and the end of donations at charitable groups across the country — all as hunger continues to climb. | Continue reading
The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road. | Continue reading
Two former EPA staffers on what the closure of the agency’s environmental justice offices means for the country and the ‘irony’ of Trump’s agenda. | Continue reading
At some places of worship, hundreds of people attend the evening breaking of the fast — which means a lot of discarded food and plastic water bottles. This year, more than a dozen sites of worship are planning “zero-waste” iftars to tackle the problem. | Continue reading
The Sunshine State built more large-scale solar than California last year and was again number two for residential, despite state leadership opposed to climate action. | Continue reading
Teslas were once a green status symbol. Donald Trump's second term is changing that. | Continue reading
Facing destroyed infrastructure and limited control of energy supplies, off-grid options like solar are helping Palestinians rebuild. | Continue reading
The tax on potash, a key plant nutrient, spells trouble for farmers — and soil health. | Continue reading