Grist

In a culture where a child's first word takes on great meaning, a nonverbal child shows his compassion beyond words.

A father's effort to honor his daughter’s memory through a rewilding project collides with his neighbor’s conventional farming practices.

On a submarine housing children born with a genetic mutation, people of faith wrestle with the sin of causing an ecological disaster.

A desert dweller undergoes a rapid and enlightening metamorphosis to survive the seasonal migration.

A note from Grist's Imagine 2200 creative manager on the importance of hopeful, authentic climate fiction storytelling.

Fossil fuel companies are turning to rural communities for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears.

Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.

A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.

Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.

“There is not a house in this community that has not had a person who has suffered from some type of cancer or kidney failure.”

The agency will offer upfront cash payments to disaster survivors and slash some of its infamous red tape.

Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.

New study links surge of oil workers to long-term residents losing their homes.

"We are truly the canaries in the coal mine."

There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.

From Portland to San Antonio, cities have begun to mandate that old buildings be taken apart instead of demolished. How do these ordinances work?

In a twist, the greenest companies are talking about their climate efforts the least.

A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants.

Researchers say coupling wind and solar farms with actual farms is a good place to start.

Researchers are working with communities in Puerto Rico to build more sustainable systems in the face of ongoing challenges.