How Alaska’s coastal communities are racing against erosion
Mar 3, 2023, 11:45 am By Saima Sidik
A sandy bluff towers above the beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Every year, Alaska Native resident Ken…Construction begins on controversial lithium mine in Nevada
Mar 3, 2023, 11:30 am By Gabriela AounConstruction began this week on an open-pit mine at the largest lithium deposit in the United…In Norway, Indigenous-led protests against a wind farm heat up
Mar 2, 2023, 9:18 pm By Tristan AhtoneIndigenous Sámi activists intensified their protests against an illegal wind farm on Thursday,…Boreal wildfires in 2021 released more carbon emissions than any other fire this century
Mar 2, 2023, 7:10 pm By Zoya TeirsteinTwo years ago, enormous fires ripped through some 46 million acres of forest in Russia, the…Why North Dakota is preparing to sue Minnesota over clean energy
Mar 2, 2023, 11:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinIn early February, lawmakers in Minnesota passed a law requiring the state’s power utilities to…Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Mar 1, 2023, 9:27 pm By Lylla YounesThe Biden administration sued a chemical company operating in southeast Louisiana on Tuesday,…Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons
Mar 1, 2023, 7:00 pm By Alleen BrownExtreme heat is killing people in prisons across the United States, according to a new study…Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 through shipping
Mar 1, 2023, 1:00 pm By Joseph Winters2021 was a big year for the global shipping industry, as COVID-19 drove hordes of shoppers to the…In a growing petrochemical hub, the East Palestine derailment triggers ‘an uneasy feeling’
Mar 1, 2023, 11:45 am By Eve Andrews
Chris Laderer was 34 days into his tenure as chief of the volunteer fire department in Darlington,…One year in, the toxic legacy of war in Ukraine comes into view
Mar 1, 2023, 11:30 am By Blanca Begert
February marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 12 months of…A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
Feb 28, 2023, 11:45 am By Emily PontecorvoEight years ago, the field of carbon removal amounted to a handful of academic lab projects and a…In Finland, Indigenous rights take a backseat. Again.
Feb 28, 2023, 11:30 am By Maria Parazo RoseThe government of Finland on Friday punted legislation that would have clarified legal rights for…Georgians plead with state officials to protect the Okefenokee from mining
Feb 28, 2023, 11:15 am By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
Feb 27, 2023, 8:14 pm By Tristan AhtoneIndigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry…Why the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
Feb 27, 2023, 1:20 pm By Naveena Sadasivam
After assuming office in early 2021, President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 initiative, which…Can you tell if a ‘bomb train’ is coming to your town? It’s complicated.
Feb 27, 2023, 1:15 pm By John McCracken
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, Governor Mike DeWine called on Congress to…Coal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
Feb 27, 2023, 1:00 pm By Blanca BegertOver the past 15 years, coal power has been on a precipitous decline across the United States,…Newly revealed records show how the EPA sided with polluters in a small Montana mining town
Feb 26, 2023, 2:00 pm By Wilson Criscione, InvestigateWest
This story was originally published by InvestigateWest, an independent news nonprofit dedicated to…This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk
Feb 25, 2023, 2:00 pm By Sharon Lerner, ProPublicaThis story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of…A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
Feb 24, 2023, 11:45 am By Kate Yoder
The last three years were objectively hot, numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880.…
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