Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden. | Continue reading
A new study confirms what many long suspected. | Continue reading
Extra-hot oceans could spawn monster storms. Researchers worry that cuts at the agency will interrupt the flow of data for forecasts. | Continue reading
De El Paso, Texas, a Richmond, Virginia, los almacenes están liberando óxido de etileno, una sustancia química cancerígena. Casi nadie lo sabe. | Continue reading
At Earth "Night" celebrations, you can dance, vibe, and get involved with local climate action. | Continue reading
From El Paso, Texas to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them. | Continue reading
Las periodistas de Grist comparten cómo investigamos esta historia y cómo aprender más sobre las emisiones de óxido de etileno en su zona. | Continue reading
Grist journalists share how we investigated this story and how to learn more about ethylene oxide emissions in your area. | Continue reading
Modeling suggests it will only reduce emissions up to 10 percent by 2030. | Continue reading
Who pays for the risk that a power plant goes over budget or fails? In states with CWIP laws, it’s not utility companies — but their customers | Continue reading
As Trump dismantles protections, the ordinance is a test case for environmental justice. | Continue reading
In Seattle, community assemblies are gathering frontline community members to set their own policies around extreme weather. | Continue reading
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else. | Continue reading
Volunteers, scientists, and hikers are asking for transparency in a process they say could prioritize profit over ecosystems | Continue reading
But should we use them? | Continue reading
An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices. | Continue reading
An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices. | Continue reading
The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency. | Continue reading
Installations are wrapping up this month for the turnkey program providing solar, heat pumps, and batteries to households that couldn’t otherwise afford them. | Continue reading
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote. | Continue reading
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills. | Continue reading
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills. | Continue reading
If it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater, why aren’t drought-plagued states drinking more of it? | Continue reading
If it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater, why aren’t drought-plagued states drinking more of it? | Continue reading
The Agriculture Department is opening more than 112 million acres of federal forests to logging in a misguided bid to prevent fires and boost timber production. | Continue reading
New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach. | Continue reading
The dispute between two Los Angeles-area districts raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster. | Continue reading
President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue. | Continue reading
President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue. | Continue reading
Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up. | Continue reading
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again. | Continue reading
Shifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues. | Continue reading
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for 9 hours. Here's what they learned. | Continue reading
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the bor. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world | Continue reading
Whether due to drought, prices, or politics, the weekslong disappearance of Canadian hydropower from New England’s grid exposes risks for the region. | Continue reading
Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse. | Continue reading
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse. | Continue reading
The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost? | Continue reading
Inside the little-understood fight between deep sea miners and Indigenous advocates for the ocean. | Continue reading
The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem. | Continue reading
Advocates for marine health say aquaculture 'has no place in U.S. ocean waters." | Continue reading
In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. | Continue reading
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder. | Continue reading
Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help. | Continue reading
The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech. | Continue reading
Tesla has long been a leader in the electric vehicles market. Now it's facing mounting protests and plummeting sales. | Continue reading
It's not just high-profile lawsuits — climate solutions need contracts, corporate advice, and IP filings. | Continue reading
Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged. | Continue reading