Congress is searching for trillions of dollars in cuts. Will the oil industry’s tax breaks skate by?

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


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Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state. | Continue reading


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1 in 8 Californians live in the most dangerous wildfire zones

After the L.A. fires, updated hazard maps show “we are living in a new reality of extremes." | Continue reading


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Tariffs won’t just hit your wallet. They could also increase food waste.

From farm to retail, the threat of trade barriers is already impacting the food supply chain. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

The $20 billion question hanging over America’s struggling farmers

Extreme weather wiped out billions in crops last year — but most federal aid may end up going to the wrong farms. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

Trump wants to wind down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?

Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The government aims to cut funding for safer streets. Here’s who would be hurt most.

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


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The world’s biggest youth climate lawsuit lost in court, but it ‘changed the world’

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


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future

To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

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


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Beneath Greenland’s ice lies a climate solution — and a new geopolitical battleground

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed

“The soul of our ancestors, when they leave this world, they go into the deep.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.

Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Why Biden and Trump both support this federal mineral mapping project

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?

Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of extraction. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Trade-offs of the green transition: Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?

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


@grist.org | 4 days ago

The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds

Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

In the race to find critical minerals, there’s a ‘gold mine’ literally at our shoreline

Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising — but challenging — source of minerals: seawater. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Farmers are reeling from Trump’s attacks on agricultural research

A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Can cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

These vegan meat brands taste almost as good as the real thing. Taste tests prove it.

New research shows which products are closest to "taste parity" — and which need more work. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Power companies would rather not clean their toxic messes. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish.

Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources

"The health of Palestinians affects the health of Israelis and vice versa. And the best example is water." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico

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


@grist.org | 7 days ago

Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills

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


@grist.org | 8 days ago

A court ordered Greenpeace to pay a pipeline company $660M. What happens next?

Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

The EPA wants to roll back a rule that’s essential for protecting you from chemical disasters

Few regulations have been as subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations and their political whims. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

‘Caught off guard’: EPA proposes to fire hundreds of scientists

“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Gavin Newsom delayed his own ‘nation-leading’ plastic policy. Why?

Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Why a tree-planting nonprofit in Chicago is suing the Trump administration

Similar programs across the country are also struggling. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

How the Klamath Dams Came Down

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


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Alaska Natives want the US military to clean up its toxic waste

Now they're turning to the UN for help. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

You rely on this agency’s data for weather and climate forecasts. DOGE is decimating its workforce.

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


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Utilities are shutting off power to a growing number of households

While some states ban shutoffs during winter, summer outages are on the rise. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

‘Our people are hungry’: What federal food aid cuts mean in a warming world

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


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Trump repeals America’s first-ever tax on greenhouse gases before it goes into effect

The methane fee would have had the same impact as taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

The end of the EPA’s fight to protect overpolluted communities

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


@grist.org | 13 days ago

A greener Ramadan: How Atlanta-area mosques are cutting food waste during the Muslim holy month

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


@grist.org | 14 days ago

Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened.

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


@grist.org | 15 days ago

MAGA Teslas? Elon Musk is upending the politics of EVs.

Teslas were once a green status symbol. Donald Trump's second term is changing that. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

The future of Gaza’s recovery may rely on solar power

Facing destroyed infrastructure and limited control of energy supplies, off-grid options like solar are helping Palestinians rebuild. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

Trump’s fertilizer tariffs could disrupt US crop production, from tomatoes to corn

The tax on potash, a key plant nutrient, spells trouble for farmers — and soil health. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago