Grist

When Nate Johnson — a former Grist journalist — felt his passion for writing start to wane, he found a new direction. Now, instead of writing about the need to electrify everything, Nate is doing that work himself.

The fate of millions of acres of wetlands hinges on five vague words in the Clean Water Act.

A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.

In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.

The unprecedented regulations will tackle air pollution and carbon emissions at the same time.

Major tech companies have long opposed the right to repair, but Microsoft is finally engaging with lawmakers and activists.

Good news: He's gone. Bad news: Someone else will pick up the climate disinformation mantle.

This hurricane season could be similar to 2017, the year of Harvey and Maria.

Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.

On the Pigeon River, one town celebrates a paper mill's closure as another mourns — and both face an uncertain future.

Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.

The new thriller takes a radical climate activist's argument into the mainstream — sort of.

A budding El Niño and climate change likely play a role, experts say.

A century-old miscalculation has California and Arizona fighting over water. Again.

Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.

Climate court cases are about to get a lot more interesting.

Oak flat is one of the largest copper sources in North America. It's also the San Carlos Apache Tribe's most sacred site.

It may not be as dramatic as when the West burns, but an unseasonably warm, dry winter could make fire season longer and more intense.

Past and present pollution will now be taken into account before new industry moves into already beleaguered neighborhoods.

For decades, Sharon Lavigne saw her neighbors in St. James Parish, Louisiana, suffer due to industrial pollution. But when yet another plant planned to open in her community, she decided to do something about it.