The birth of the climate doula

In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 19 hours ago

‘Everyone is exhausted’: First week of COP30 marked by frustration with slow progress

Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 day ago

COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough.

“We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America

Metropolitan gardens and farms are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The climate paradox of having a dog

My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

‘They’re playing games’: Illinois lawmakers press Trump administration over stalled lead-pipe funding

Congress appropriated $15 billion to replace lead pipes across the country. Is the Trump administration withholding it? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

What will it take to rebuild Jamaica’s food system after Hurricane Melissa?

For farmers in the nation’s breadbasket, surviving this storm is no guarantee against the next one. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Business With a Backbone

Patagonia’s new report highlights how the company acts as a connector, working with local communities and governments to build a global community to protect wild places. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Trump sets sights on Pacific seafloor near the Marianas Trench

Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food security. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass

Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act.

“Our goal is to remind negotiators that behind every policy decision are real people and real lives at risk.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Are we all living in Florida now? The rise of ‘don’t say climate’ politics.

Talking about climate change may be politically radioactive, but adjusting to its effects is no longer optional. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

UN climate talks are built on consensus. That’s part of the problem.

At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

‘We are not here for theater’: Can the ‘most Indigenous COP’ live up to the hype?

Brazil’s push to spotlight Indigenous voices at COP30 could redefine what inclusion looks like — or expose how shallow it’s been. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts

Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what’s actually going to change EVs and what’s just a dream. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car

The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Hey so one day the ocean might burp up a bunch of heat

When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s climate resilience plan faces its biggest test yet

A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help with hurricane recovery, but experts hope financial markets will invest more in adaptation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

The government froze food aid. Tribes are thawing old traditions.

Decades of work to rebuild traditional food systems are paying off, but droughts and funding cuts threaten to unravel it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

In Georgia, power bills beat out party politics

Will the new Democratic public service commissioners advance clean energy and shake up next year’s midterms? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil

“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil

“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Rising energy bills are rewiring American politics

Tuesday's election results suggest energy costs may be moving the political needle in ways that other issues, like climate change, have not. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse

An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

It was a very good election for the climate

In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Why cities around the world are uniting to keep cool

A new global initiative is helping cities from Phoenix to Quezon City address extreme heat with shared solutions and local action. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Illinois takes steps to address high energy costs, betting big on battery storage

The state legislature passed a bill that will add a surcharge for customers in the short term, but should pay it back more than 10-fold over the next 20 years. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

They survived the hurricane. Their insurance company didn’t.

Hurricane Ida revealed a fragile insurance industry ill-prepared for the consequences of climate change. More than four years later, what's changed? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar

Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

Native Alaska villages were already on the frontlines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.

As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change

As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis

New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

For a struggling Iowa ranch, the government shutdown may be the last straw

A family farm’s fight to recover from a devastating flood shows how the gridlock in Washington is only making it harder to grow and sell food. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions

Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

Trump officials say, ‘Alaska is open for business.’ So far, no one’s buying.

Despite the administration’s enthusiasm for developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil companies have shown little interest - leaving the state to spend millions propping up the idea. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

Good news! These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world

Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to accelerate the clean energy revolution and improve lives. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

This obscure Georgia election is about so much more than your power bill

Behind the PSC race is a battle for political control of the state — and maybe the country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago

This obscure Georgia election is about so much more than your power bill

Behind the PSC race is a battle for political control of the state — and maybe the country. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago

Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet

Recent climatic developments "mark the beginning of a grim new chapter for life on Earth," but it's not too late for radical action. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 19 days ago

Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.

Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the government deletes. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 19 days ago

The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom

The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 19 days ago

In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die

Why some think a “lurid political shakedown” by President Trump will get a pipeline built off Rockaway Beach. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

What we lost when cars won

Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast

“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 20 days ago

Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff

Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 21 days ago