As rising seas swamp South Carolina’s shores, some coastal communities are left unprotected
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Aug 15, 2022, 10:45 am By Jake BittleThe California water wars of the early twentieth century are summed up in a famous line from the…House passes the Inflation Reduction Act, the ‘most significant’ climate bill in US history
9:53pm By Zoya TeirsteinDemocratic lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives voted to pass the Inflation…Massachusetts’ Republican governor signs far-reaching climate bill into law
8:28pm By Joseph WintersMassachusetts’ Republican governor, Charlie Baker, signed a sweeping climate and energy bill into…The Arctic is heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet
10:45am By Blanca BegertIt turns out the Arctic is heating up faster than previously thought, according to research out…How NYC’s new congestion pricing system will reduce traffic — and cut carbon
10:30am By Emily PontecorvoNew York City has been debating the merits of charging drivers a fee for entering its central…Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate North American forests
Thu 10:45am By Brett MarshFrom 2007 to 2017, land-based ecosystems like the vast boreal forests of Canada and the Amazon…Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly
Thu 10:30am By Gregory BarberThis story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Hotter nights could cause a spike in deaths, study says
Aug 10, 2022, 10:45 am By John McCrackenBy the end of this century, hotter nights may contribute to a 60 percent increase in the global…Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow Project
Aug 10, 2022, 10:30 am By Adam FedermanFor more than three weeks, the Alaska Native Village of Nuiqsut, Congressional Democrats, and…How climate change spurs megadroughts
Aug 9, 2022, 10:45 am By Shannon OsakaThis story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled…How climate change spurs megadroughts
Aug 9, 2022, 10:45 am By Shannon OsakaOn an afternoon in late June, the San Luis Reservoir — a 9-mile lake about an hour southeast of…The Inflation Reduction Act promises thousands of new oil leases. Drillers might not want them.
Aug 9, 2022, 10:30 am By Jake BittleThe U.S. Senate passed the largest climate action bill in American history on Sunday, clearing the…Study: Climate change is making 58% of infectious diseases worse
Aug 9, 2022, 10:15 am By Blanca BegertMore than half of the infectious diseases known to impact humans are being aggravated by climate…How coal mining increased East Kentucky’s flood risk
Aug 8, 2022, 10:45 am By John McCrackenAppalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal…These communities are trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount
Aug 8, 2022, 10:15 am By Julia ShipleyThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…U.S. Senate passes historic climate bill
Aug 7, 2022, 8:32 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Sunday, a $433 billion climate, energy,…In defense of darkness
Aug 5, 2022, 10:45 am By Tristan AhtoneThe beginning of the night at the McDonald Observatory can be frantic. Jason Young, a visiting…200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960
Aug 5, 2022, 10:30 am By Joseph WintersThe planet lost more than 1 billion acres of forest between 1960 and 2019, according to a new study…Humidity, the mosquito, and me
Aug 4, 2022, 10:45 am By Eve AndrewsThis story is part of the Grist series Coming to our Senses, a weeklong exploration of how climate…
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