Grist

Inside the grassroots opposition that fended off a 2,200-acre data center campus in southern Virginia, and why their struggle isn’t over yet.

A new report reveals massive backtracking on climate pledges.

The nation's largest city has an ambitious plan to reduce emissions. The next mayor could make or break its success.

Despite a growing number of state bans, advocates of cultivated seafood say it can protect waterways from overfishing.

Even in the U.S., where the policy was least popular, half of those surveyed said they'd support a climate tax that redistributes wealth.

A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter.

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

In a state with rising energy bills, the race is key for its climate future.

Republicans want to make 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale to housing developers.

With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their homelands hardest.

The so-called Big Beautiful Bill targets the tax credits designed to put the U.S. on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.

A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.

The historic high seas treaty is not yet in effect — but countries drew closer to implementing it.

The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun can shine all day.

With science-based management and real-time data, Utah’s brine shrimp fishery balances the economy and ecology.

Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?

Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.

Norway’s crusade to eliminate gasoline powered cars was years in the making. Can that achievement be replicated?

The state Legislature finally passed a proposal to fund backup power for critical facilities like nursing homes and fire stations.

GOP leaders claim that repealing power plant pollution rules and tax breaks for renewables will fuel an energy boom. Experts say they’re doing just the opposite.