The planet’s vital signs are getting worse. One of the easiest fixes is your diet.
Fri 2:53pm By Frida Garza
A new report examining more than a dozen of the Earth’s life-sustaining systems paints a pretty…Distorted — October 28, 2026
Fri 9:49am By Grist staff
Extreme weather events provide unique opportunities for misinformation to spread widely: rumors…Europe’s hottest summer ever was also its deadliest — by far
Thu 7:01pm By Tik Root
Climate scientists have already established that Europe’s sweltering summer was the hottest on…The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream
Thu 4:45am By Kate Yoder
What does going on a date have to do with fossil fuels? Everything, according to the petroleum…Where fossil fuels are lurking in your home — room by room
Thu 4:40am By Kate Yoder
Freeing yourself from oil is a downright impossible task in modern America. You could put solar…Soaring oil prices underscore the need to help poor countries adopt renewables
Thu 4:30am By Austin Corona
War-induced spikes in oil prices and the arrival of artificial intelligence are widening the…California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
Thu 4:15am By Matt Simon
Until recently, you’ve had no choice but to be a passive participant in the electrical grid,…Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
Wed 6:00am By Abe Streep, ProPublica
Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was campaigning to…At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Wed 4:45am By Daniel Wolfe
The first signs of trouble are subtle. The vinyl skirting flutters. Siding near the roofline pulls…In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago
Wed 4:30am By Vivian La
Even when they’re young, the characteristic iridescent hues of the Arctic grayling are noticeable…Trump vowed to stop an ‘energy emergency.’ Then he created a real one.
Tue 4:45am By Jake Bittle
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was…The world is crumbling in ‘The History of Concrete’
Mon 4:45am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
It’s the second-most used material on Earth, it’s an environmental disaster, and it’s falling…A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
Sun 9:00am By Alison F. Takemura, Canary Media
When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to…The fire retardant in the seafood chain
Oct 17, 2026, 9:00 am By Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean Project
In January 1966, a South African ship caught fire at sea. In port in Bristol, England, after…Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.
Oct 16, 2026, 2:37 pm By Jake Bittle
The clean energy industry has learned the hard way that having the law on your side doesn’t always…Long after the Maui fires, toxic metals linger in residents’ bodies
Oct 16, 2026, 4:45 am By Joseph Lee
In August of 2023, a series of wildfires broke out across Maui, killing more than 100 people,…Advice from a climate therapist: Touch grass. (No, really.)
Oct 16, 2026, 4:30 am By Leslie Davenport
In my years as a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with many people facing similar struggles. One such…Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America
Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
Earlier this month, after a series of stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced…Is coal really making a comeback?
Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 am By Kate Yoder
Coal was on the way out. That’s how it looked last year, anyway, when the International Energy…A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps
Oct 15, 2026, 7:00 am By Matt Simon
You may have heard by now that heat pumps — which transfer warmth from outdoor air to an indoor…
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