Grist

The U.S. is drifting away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?

Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry the state will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.

The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.

Scientists are exploring whether encouraging the growth of phytoplankton could draw down more atmospheric carbon — without unintended side effects in oceanic ecosystems.

Despite strong evidence that plastics are harmful to people, oil-producing countries oppose action on human health.

This week, they’re advocating for a U.N. treaty to safeguard people’s basic rights.

Natural hydrogen could transform the clean energy sector — if we can find enough of it.

Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.

As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation toward health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.

Disasters are big business. These charts show just how big.

Hereʻs a list of resources to get funding and help to save and rebuild your house.

Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.

A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.

This summer’s hatchlings won’t be back on land for 30 years. It’ll take at least that long to know how global warming is changing them.

As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed renewable energy plans.

Over 3.5 million acres of federal waters are no longer eligible for offshore wind development following an order from the Interior Department.

The state’s largest ever settlement for “forever chemicals" holds DuPont and its spin-offs accountable for contamination at four sites and ensures taxpayers won't be left with the cleanup bill.

The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.