Grist

The effort to update the state’s oilfield waste disposal rules was initiated by Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, one of the state’s top oil and gas regulators who has investments in the industry.

The environmental health crisis ruminating in Houston’s Southwest Crossing neighborhood is the product of climate change and an unstable energy grid.

This summer, batteries bolstered the heat-battered grids of Texas and California, underscoring the tech’s value as a low-carbon way to keep the lights on.

The Biden administration wants to expand access to solar financing, but some resilience advocates disagree with the approach.

China dominates production of the crucial metals, and wind companies are scouring the globe for more sources.

The state’s decision will do little to solve a water shortage largely driven by irrigated agriculture.

"We invest in flood zones more than safe zones," says the author of a report that finds construction in such areas has jumped 122 percent.

“If one group gets all the pollution and another group gets all the jobs, it’s not really a trade-off anymore.”

That includes building more renewables, selling more electric vehicles, and fixing up more buildings.

Grist designed a model metropolis for an era of high temperatures, using the coolest technology available.

“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”

The pontiff's latest decree urges Western countries to do more to avert climate disaster.

The average temperature in September was "absolutely gobsmackingly bananas."

Cities all over the country are beginning to transition their school bus fleets to electric — a boon for the climate, and for students’ health.

The fossil fuel defined economies and local traditions. What happens when it goes away?

Coal was everything for Marissa, Illinois. What happens when a community is centered on a fossil fuel?

Parents want to do something about climate change. But figuring it out isn't easy.

Drought on the Mississippi River is pulling salt water toward New Orleans, threatening drinking water supplies.

A new federal initiative is bringing together climate scientists and community leaders to examine cities’ microclimates — and make them more resilient.

All 10 of the country’s most at-risk counties are in the South, according to the Climate Vulnerability Index, and half of them are in Louisiana.