The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions in Texas, even as state lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers. | Continue reading
Like lobster rolls, wild blueberries are iconic in Maine. But heat and drought have set the plants back to a point where many small farmers are struggling against reduced yields and increased costs for mulch and irrigation. | Continue reading
Fires have burned nearly a million acres in Nebraska this year. Are even more the solution? | Continue reading
Politicians across the spectrum want more housing. Apartments are a great answer, because they also slash carbon emissions in a big way. | Continue reading
With the state’s energy future hanging in the balance, 10 people are vying for two seats on the powerful utility commission. | Continue reading
Gardeners across the country are flocking to climate-resilient native plants as concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and pollinators grow. | Continue reading
At Grist’s Turning the Tide event at SF Climate Week, free solo climber and solar energy advocate Alex Honnold shared how his love of climbing became a passion for empowering communities. | Continue reading
Where scientists see climate change at work, others see the designs of a global cabal. | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency mines are being repurposed to power the AI boom, sparking a regional backlash. | Continue reading
An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity. | Continue reading
Fervo Energy's IPO could raise $1.8 billion in one of the largest renewable energy public offerings ever, signaling growing investor confidence in clean energy. | Continue reading
Fervo Energy's IPO could raise $1.8 billion in one of the largest renewable energy public offerings ever, signaling growing investor confidence in clean energy. | Continue reading
The move comes at a time when many state environmental budgets have been slashed. | Continue reading
As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining projects are advancing without tribal consent. | Continue reading
Experts say extreme weather is boosting the odds that the pathogens carried by rodents will spill over into human populations. | Continue reading
This year's Carnival resulted in 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash along the city’s parade routes — the highest total on record. | Continue reading
Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the U.S., as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over. | Continue reading
While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust. | Continue reading
No shade, but cities aren’t planting enough trees. | Continue reading
The U.S. has threatened countries that support the tax with visa restrictions, tariffs, and port fees. But a slim majority of U.N. nations are still backing it. | Continue reading
New research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages. | Continue reading
Record flooding pushed Michigan's dams to the brink of disaster. The near miss reflects the national problem of infrastructure that is not suited to the challenges of a warming world. | Continue reading
A North Carolina nonprofit is taking on “forever chemicals” in rural communities. | Continue reading
The Trump administration is rushing to approve a 650-mile pipeline to bring oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S. | Continue reading
The U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is facing questions about its effectiveness amidst a broader U.N. budget crisis. | Continue reading
Why are politicians from both parties targeting measures that have saved Americans trillions of dollars? | Continue reading
The U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is facing questions about its effectiveness amid a broader U.N. budget crisis. | Continue reading
As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, cities around the world are using drills and tabletop exercises to expose weaknesses before a real emergency strikes. | Continue reading
The ultraefficient appliances don't just have to supplant gas furnaces, but space heaters as well. | Continue reading
Recovery from substance use disorder requires community. What happens when a disaster tears that apart? | Continue reading
Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst. But what about the next emergency? | Continue reading
The ruling could reshape pesticide regulation and test President Trump's base from within. | Continue reading
A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say. | Continue reading
"It was the worst possible way to end the winter that was already worse than normal." | Continue reading
The conflict may be the beginning of the end of fossil fuel dominance. Here’s which energy sources stand to win and lose. | Continue reading
Take it from the comedian and actor: “We should all know how to garden. It’s a better hobby than jetskiing.” | Continue reading
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative. | Continue reading
Small investors, shut out of an SEC communication platform called EDGAR, built their own. They call it POE. | Continue reading
Labor organizers, environmental advocates, and economists all agree: This is a bad idea. | Continue reading
The first warm, wet spring night sends frogs and salamanders from the forest, bearing fresh evidence of threats from warming winters, drying pools, and traffic. | Continue reading
Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature. | Continue reading
The state Department of Transportation has sidestepped endangered species protections in 11 cases, according to public records. | Continue reading
The lack of inexpensive and comprehensive toxics testing has created a fragile public safety net in polluted towns across the country. | Continue reading
A recent ruling puts $745 million to restore Louisiana's coastline in doubt. But the effort to get Chevron and other oil majors to pay is far from over. | Continue reading
At the UN, global leaders say governments must stop talking and start implementing protections they adopted. | Continue reading
A new UN report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it. | Continue reading
To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding. | Continue reading
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling clears the way for state court proceedings in the decades-long dispute over the pipeline crossing between Lakes Michigan and Huron. | Continue reading