‘Green’ diesel producer’s supplier linked to Amazon deforestation
11:30am By Murilo Pajolla, Repórter BrasilDiamond Green Diesel, or DGD, a U.S. leader in renewable diesel production, imports beef tallow from…This Pennsylvania settlement could set the standard for preventing tiny plastic pellet pollution
4:30am By Joseph WintersWhen Heather Hulton VanTassel went looking for plastic pellets in the Ohio River in 2021, she was…How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream
4:15am By Naveena SadasivamWhen President Donald Trump took office, he promised to “unleash American energy” — and…Republicans are using an arcane oversight rule to permanently dismantle federal land protections
Mon 4:45am By Lois ParshleyIn the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier…How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
Mon 4:30am By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…How a profit-sharing agreement could be a new model for mining on Indigenous land
Mon 4:15am By Miacel Spotted ElkIn 2020, when Brian Mason began his first term as Chairman for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the…US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
Sun 9:00am By Molly Taft, WIREDThe Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil,…California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
Sat 9:00am By Maria GallucciA novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span…Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
Fri 4:45am By Sophie HurwitzThe companies frantically building and leasing data centers are well aware that they’re straining…Ahead of COP, Africa aims to become the continent of climate solutions
Thu 4:45am By Tik RootAfter three days of talks in Addis Ababa, African leaders have agreed on Wednesday to a common…How do we feed billions without wrecking the planet? A Q&A about our food systems.
Thu 4:30am By Juanpablo Ramirez-FrancoThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio…Students, schools race to save clean energy projects in face of Trump deadline
Thu 4:15am By Julia Gentin, The Hechinger ReportTanish Doshi was in high school when he pushed the Tucson Unified School District to take on an…In Georgia, Trump’s immigration agenda and clean energy jobs are colliding
Wed 2:39pm By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:45 am By Naveena SadasivamThree days after the Mountain Fire tore through the hillsides of Camarillo in Southern California…Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:44 am By Naveena SadasivamYou’ve just lived through a terrible flood, wildfire, or hurricane. Your house has suffered…Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong
Sep 9, 2025, 4:45 am By Joseph WintersAchieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require removing carbon dioxide from the…Billions spent, miles to go: The story of California’s failure to build high-speed rail
Sep 8, 2025, 4:45 am By Benton GrahamSeventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10…A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch a $760M plan to build tunnels under Houston to ease flooding
Sep 7, 2025, 9:00 am By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas NewsroomThe devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people,…States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline
Sep 6, 2025, 9:00 am By Alex Brown, StatelineAcross the country, state leaders are racing to fast-track wind and solar projects before the…The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
Sep 5, 2025, 4:45 am By Kate YoderOnce upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and…
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