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Gore has been talking about carbon emissions for more than 40 years. Now he includes a "hope budget."

As cities and towns contract with large waste haulers to comply with a California composting law, some community composters say they're being pushed to the margins.

The minerals beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean energy transition.

The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.

The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good.

Buoyed by firebrands like Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Helene stirred up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories and culture war politics.

Almost none of the storm's devastation will be paid out by insurance.

Climate Defiance activists direct their fury at the rich and powerful. They’ve also started working with them.

New research shows that the patterns of Earth’s high winds have led to serious problems on the ground.

Concerns about our future are valid — but they aren't always shared by those who are fighting to survive in the present.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, tribes got more of a say in Congress and tons more funding. A Trump-Vance win could upend that.

As Appalachian ginseng turns from rural tradition to global commodity, the Forest Service is trying to keep foragers at bay.

It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway.

With voting underway, election officials must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places.

A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water, but at a steep cost.

Do carbon emissions cause climate change? "Let's just say that's true," said J.D. Vance.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. We’re Jake Bittle and Ayurella Horn-Muller, two reporters here at Grist, and we’ve been traveling up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida over the past week reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has devastated much of the Southeast and killed more than 100 people […]

Patrick Brown is trying to tell a complicated story about climate change. Many don't want to hear it.

Getting laws passed is one thing. Protecting them from Republican opposition is another.

Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up.