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As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.

Two years on, the Inflation Reduction Act is seeing results — but not name recognition.

If emissions aren’t curbed, extreme wildfires could become six to 11 times more likely by the end of the century.

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor.

Airport, retail, and agricultural workers in 13 cities are demanding elected officials enact heat protections.

Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.

One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15 percent following particularly smoky days, according to a new study.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle, a reporter for Grist, and I’ll be writing this newsletter along with my colleague, Zoya Teirstein. It’s almost a truism that disasters offer an opportunity for positive change. That’s the idea behind President Joe […]

After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords — and beat them all.

The misperception gap widens when officials get more money from fossil fuel interests.

"Earth Overshoot Day" reminds us that humans consume more resources than the planet can provide. Correcting that requires reimagining human behavior.

The lawsuit was among a burgeoning crop of plastics litigation amid growing awareness of a global plastics crisis.

The grid is overburdened, under-resourced — and vital to the energy transition. New federal funding aims to increase capacity and get more clean energy built.

The summer games can't compete with rising temperatures. Here's what that means for the future of the Olympics.

A community-driven effort is driving Molokaʻi's transition to solar power and cultivating a local workforce to make it happen.

The immediate suspension of DCPA will spare workers' children "lifelong harm."

Hard-to-meet federal requirements are slowing down the pace of remediation, state regulators say.

Researchers say there is "no evidence" that they bring economic benefits to communities where projects are based.

"If I don't do it, who will?"

As the planet warms, laborers need special clothes to cope. But they also need government protections.