Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?
Mon 4:45am By Kate Yoder
As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once…Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.
Mon 4:30am By Vivian La
As the U.S. faces an aging farmer population, communities are looking for ways to shore up the next…Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal
Sun 9:00am By Dharna Noor
President Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700 million to coal-fired…Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling
Sat 9:00am By Jennifer Oldham, Capital and Main
A federal agency will offer tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the…Your local park is bringing in the green (and by that, we mean money)
Fri 4:45am By Matt Simon
In an increasingly divided nation, Americans agree on at least two things. For one, politicians…In the Smoky Mountains, a volunteer effort aims to document every species — before it’s too late
Fri 4:30am By Katie Myers
A gentle shower fell as four people in rain gear made their way deep into a spruce-fir forest high…Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it
Thu 4:30am By Maddy Lauria
When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion…No, rolling back these environmental rules won’t lower your grocery bill
Thu 4:30am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a…New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.
Wed 4:45am By Jake Bittle
Last week, New York became the first state in the country to weaken a mandatory climate law passed…Nebraskans are taking a hard look at data centers
Wed 4:30am By Anila Yoganathan
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press,…Biden’s clean drinking water plan is being rebranded as MAHA
Wed 4:15am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
The Trump administration is promoting multibillion-dollar funding packages to help states and…Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California dam?
Jun 2, 2026, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
The Potter Valley Project, which dams Northern California’s Eel River, isn’t doing very much…The hidden cost of owning an EV: Expensive insurance
Jun 2, 2026, 4:30 am By Tik Root
Electric vehicles offer many opportunities to save money: on gas, on oil changes, on engine…The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’
Jun 1, 2026, 1:33 pm By Grist Creative
Born and raised in Colorado, Cory Kreft began working on a honey farm at 15 years old. He returned…US host cities made transit improvements a World Cup goooooooal
Jun 1, 2026, 4:45 am By Benton Graham
The latest addition to Seattle’s already impressive public transit system opened to great fanfare…A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines
Jun 1, 2026, 4:30 am By Vivian La
Power lines across the country weren’t designed for a changing climate, with much of the…The USDA canceled $300M in farm grants, citing fraud. Did it make up the evidence?
Jun 1, 2026, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at…70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge
May 31, 2026, 9:00 am By Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main
At first, he thought it was smoke. Jackie Onsurez was driving the bustling New Mexico highway…A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar
May 30, 2026, 9:00 am By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
A sea of solar panels is rapidly engulfing one of the world’s largest salt deserts. By 2029,…Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year
May 29, 2026, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
Katelynn Delos Reyes thought she knew what to expect when Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Saipan last…
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