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Washington’s key climate law is under attack. Big Oil wants it to survive.
How did a cap-and-trade program considered the "gold standard" gain the support of oil companies?
Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal
A "quite radical" report suggests governments and communities, not the private sector, should be leading the carbon removal industry.
1 in 5 UN-tracked migratory species at risk of extinction
A new report highlights solutions that would also address climate change.
How much carbon can farmers store in their soil? Nobody’s sure.
Advocates say the long-awaited farm bill could help fix that.
Intensifying atmospheric rivers are leading to a surge in Valley fever cases in California
The fungal pathogen is thriving as the Golden State bounces between drought and flooding.
How do you stop a glacier from melting? Put up an underwater curtain.
A 62-mile-long curtain moored to the Amundsen Sea bed in Antarctica could prevent catastrophic flooding elsewhere, scientists say.
Hidden subsidies prop up New York’s fossil fuel industry
The state wants to phase out fossil fuels. Localities have given over a billion dollars in tax breaks to help keep them around.
The clean energy Super Bowl is here
“As the biggest sports stage in the U.S., it’s showing we can bring renewable energy to sporting events."
Atmospheric rivers are battering California. Why don’t residents have flood insurance?
High costs, “disaster fatigue,” and regulatory gaps are all preventing Californians from getting the protection they need.
Campus divestment activists eye fossil fuel profits on stolen land
Grist investigation reveals 14 land-grant universities making millions off Indigenous land.
The unlikely coalition behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pivot
Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause.
Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018
The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion.
Bitcoin mining uses a lot of energy. The US government is about to find out how much.
A new federal initiative will shed light on the opaque and rapidly growing cryptocurrency mining industry.
EPA finalizes new standards for deadly particulate matter
The restrictions on soot pollution will prevent thousands of premature deaths every year. Industry groups say it will hurt local economies.
From fiction to reality: How resilience hubs could help people weather disasters — and build community
“What would it look like to support trusted community spaces and almost create a microcosm of the world that we want to live in?”
The extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land
How 14 land-grant colleges took 8.2 million acres from 123 Indigenous nations.
Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
How we investigated the land-grant university system
A methodology of our efforts to reveal how land-grant universities continue to profit from stolen Indigenous resources.
How to conduct your own reporting and research on state trust lands
A guide to using Grist's database.