The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis
Apr 26, 2023, 10:45 am By Jake Bittle
This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. California and Arizona are currently…For years, the EPA and Texas ignored warning signs at a chemical storage site. Then an inferno erupted.
Apr 26, 2023, 10:30 am By David Leffler
This story is the first of a two-part series by Public Health Watch and The Texas Tribune. It is…The Supreme Court just unleashed a flood of lawsuits against Big Oil
Apr 26, 2023, 10:15 am By Kate Yoder
Nearly two dozen lawsuits filed by cities and states aim to put fossil fuel companies on trial for…San Carlos Apache take copper mine fight to United Nations
Apr 26, 2023, 10:00 am By Kate Schimel
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…Spring wildfires in the Eastern US got off to a roaring start this year
Apr 25, 2023, 10:45 am By Katie MyersSpring fire season is a regular occurrence in the eastern U.S. It’s not nearly as dramatic as…New Biden executive order takes aim at environmental injustice
Apr 25, 2023, 10:30 am By Siri ChilukuriA new executive order signed by President Biden last week is changing the way that pollution is…Listen: In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a teacher called to fight
Apr 25, 2023, 10:00 am By Grist staff
This is Season 3, Episode 1 of Grist’s Temperature Check podcast, featuring first person stories…A transition to clean energy was supposed to be equitable. Instead, it’s hurting Indigenous communities.
Apr 24, 2023, 9:14 pm By Sarah Sax
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…How a looming El Niño could fuel the spread of infectious disease
Apr 24, 2023, 10:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
The planet’s weather over the past three years has been dominated by a natural cycle called La…The ‘Ike Dike’ is the Army Corps of Engineers’ largest project ever. It may not be big enough.
Apr 24, 2023, 10:30 am By Jake Bittle
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with…Deadly heat threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1 billion people in India
Apr 24, 2023, 10:00 am By Max GrahamA year ago, extreme heat waves in India killed dozens of people, slashed crop yields by as much as…For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
Apr 23, 2023, 1:00 pm By John Wendle, Yale Environment 360
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of…One of the biggest battery recycling plants in the US is up and running
1:00pm By Julian Spector, Canary MediaThis story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced with permission. Getting rid…Indigenous Ryukyuans say it’s time for U.S. military to leave Okinawa
Fri 6:06pm By Joseph Lee
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…A common talking point about climate change gets it all wrong, new study says
Fri 3:00pm By Kate Yoder
Common wisdom says that the average person doesn’t care about climate change because they think…What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico’s energy resilience? Residents have ideas.
Fri 10:30am By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
When the electricity goes out in Puerto Rico, food and medicines spoil. Dialysis machines stop…A new bill in Oregon could target environmental protesters as terrorists
Fri 10:00am By Naveena Sadasivam
A bill that could stifle environmental protests has emerged in an unlikely place: the…Indigenous Maasai ask the United Nations to intervene on human rights abuses
Apr 20, 2023, 7:48 pm By Joseph LeeThis story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…UN: Protecting Indigenous health also protects the environment
Apr 20, 2023, 3:30 pm By Pauly DenetclawThis story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led…In Peru, forest communities are fighting to regain ownership of protected land
Apr 20, 2023, 10:45 am By Blanca Begert
This story is part of The Human Cost of Conservation, a Grist series on Indigenous rights and…
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