The government aims to cut funding for safer streets. Here’s who would be hurt most.
Mar 27, 2025, 4:30 am By Lois Parshley
The Department of Transportation has ordered a review of federal funding for bike lanes and plans to target recent projects that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities or actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” The move, outlined…The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.
Mar 27, 2025, 4:15 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan, and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Great Lakes Day is an annual summit where politicians and officials of…The world’s biggest youth climate lawsuit lost in court, but it ‘changed the world’
Mar 27, 2025, 4:00 am By Joseph Winters
Ten years ago, 21 young people filed a long shot lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that it wasn’t doing enough to protect them from climate change. Their campaign came to an end this week without a court victory, but having made a different…Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels
Mar 27, 2025, 3:45 am By Matt SimonThe world is grappling with an energy crisis — not one of scarcity, but one created by overwhelming demand. More energy-hungry data centers and AI algorithms are coming online. Developing countries are using more energy to support their people and…A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
Mar 26, 2025, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
In the decade since the world pledged to combat climate change under the Paris Agreement, global energy systems have undergone a revolution. The United States experienced a sixfold increase in solar power, and wind power more than doubled. And there are now…Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
Mar 26, 2025, 4:44 am By Muriel Alarcón
In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky. At this hour, the streets remain largely empty. Every now and…Beneath Greenland’s ice lies a climate solution — and a new geopolitical battleground
Mar 26, 2025, 4:43 am By Matt Simon
Greenland’s massive cap of ice, containing enough fresh water to raise sea levels by 23 feet, is in serious trouble. Between 2002 and 2023, Greenland lost 270 billion tons of frozen water each year as winter snowfall failed to compensate for ever-fiercer…Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
Mar 26, 2025, 4:42 am By Anita Hofschneider
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a 15-foot swell rose and the vessel took off under the midday sun. He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi, and his arms were tired.…Farmers are reeling from Trump’s attacks on agricultural research
Mar 25, 2025, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Jason Myers-Benner wants answers. Most of the time, the Virginia farmer feels “unsettled” by the lack of communication and clarity surrounding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s funding freeze. During the quieter moments he’s spent staring at an…Can cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.
Mar 25, 2025, 4:30 am By Akielly Hu
Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing and building trade groups against a New York City ban on natural gas in new buildings. The decision…These vegan meat brands taste almost as good as the real thing. Taste tests prove it.
Mar 25, 2025, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
Imagine this: You’re hungry. You’ve arrived at the frozen foods section of the grocery store, and you’re faced with two options: a pack of chicken nuggets or a pack of similar-looking nuggets, but made without meat. How do you choose? Do you look at…Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country
Mar 25, 2025, 4:00 am By Katie Myers
Libby Lindsay spent 21 years working underground as a miner for Bethlehem Steel in West Virginia. She saw many safety improvements over the years, and always felt grateful that she could call the local Mine Safety and Health Administration office whenever she…Power companies would rather not clean their toxic messes. Trump’s EPA is granting their wish.
Mar 24, 2025, 4:45 am By Gautama Mehta
On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. “We provide the electricity for millions of homes, businesses, and institutions across the…Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources
Mar 24, 2025, 4:30 am By Anya Kamenetz
Wadi Gaza is the estuary of Nahal Besor, a stream mentioned in the Bible. It flows west from Hebron in the West Bank, through Israeli territory and on through Gaza into the Mediterranean Sea. Today, after 18 months of war, Wadi Gaza is characterized by…The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico
Mar 23, 2025, 9:00 am By Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez, Centro de Periodismo Investigat
Professor Maritza Barreto Orta had planned to complete two federal funding applications crucial for her research on coastal erosion in Puerto Rico. However, these funding opportunities “disappeared” from the websites of the National Aeronautics and Space…Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills
Mar 22, 2025, 9:00 am By Jeff St. John, Canary Media
The Trump administration insists that renewables are making energy more expensive and that more fossil-fueled power will reduce utility bills. But those claims are false — and if congressional Republicans succeed in repealing key tax credits supporting the…A court ordered Greenpeace to pay a pipeline company $660M. What happens next?
Mar 21, 2025, 5:49 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
A jury in North Dakota ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace in 2019, alleging that it had orchestrated a vast conspiracy against the…The EPA wants to roll back a rule that’s essential for protecting you from chemical disasters
Mar 21, 2025, 4:45 am By Lylla Younes
A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had originated in Unit 433, known among workers as…Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.
Mar 21, 2025, 4:30 am By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina, WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in…The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues
Mar 21, 2025, 4:15 am By Kate Yoder
Burning oil, gas, and coal — literal fossil fuels, made from the compressed remains of ancient plants and plankton — has released carbon into Earth’s atmosphere, where it traps heat and alters the climate. That process has caused massive destruction and…
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Sat 9:00am By Alex Hager, KUNC - The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
Fri 5:40pm By Miacel Spotted Elk - Youth climate activists won lawsuits in Montana and Hawai‘i. Now they’re targeting Trump.
Fri 5:29pm By Sophie Hurwitz - How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs
Fri 4:45am By Naveena Sadasivam - How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Thu 4:45am By Chad Small - In California’s largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River
Thu 4:30am By Anita Hofschneider - The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
Thu 4:15am By Matt Simon - Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Wed 10:00am By Graham Lee Brewer, The Associated Press - Funding to protect American cities from extreme heat just evaporated
Wed 4:45am By Matt Simon - The sneaky way even meat lovers can lessen their climate impact
Wed 4:30am By Frida Garza
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