How coal mining increased East Kentucky’s flood risk
Mon 10:45am By John McCracken
Appalachian 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
Mon 10:15am By Julia Shipley
This 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 Ahtone
The 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 Andrews
This story is part of the Grist series Coming to our Senses, a weeklong exploration of how climate…In exchange for climate legislation, Joe Manchin was promised a pipeline. Will he get it?
Aug 4, 2022, 10:30 am By Naveena SadasivamWhen Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced the surprising rebirth…New report quantifies the costs of buying a home that has previously flooded
Aug 4, 2022, 10:15 am By Zoya TeirsteinAmericans take a lot of factors into consideration before buying a new home: Is it in a good school…How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
Aug 3, 2022, 10:45 am By Joseph Winters
This story is part of Grist’s Coming to our Senses series, a weeklong exploration of how climate…The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
Aug 3, 2022, 10:30 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Standing outside the sagging house on 2nd Street in North Richmond, California, it was hard to…Is the Biden administration fast-tracking a ‘carbon disaster’ in Alaska?
Aug 3, 2022, 10:15 am By Adam FedermanFor more than four years, ConocoPhillips has been working with the federal government to expand oil…How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
Aug 2, 2022, 10:45 am By Zoe Yang
The first time I saw mugwort, I slipped and fell down a hillside in my haste to get to it, but my…As West burns, House passes major drought and wildfire resilience package
Aug 2, 2022, 10:30 am By Emily PontecorvoThe Western U.S. saw wildfire season kick into high gear last week. As firefighting crews made…Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline
Aug 1, 2022, 10:45 am By Kate Yoder
This story is part of the Grist series Coming to our Senses, a weeklong exploration of how climate…How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
Jul 30, 2022, 10:00 am By Geoff Dembicki
This story is a collaboration between Floodlight, The Narwhal and the Guardian. It is…As lawmakers consider climate bill, devastating floods hit central US
Jul 29, 2022, 9:25 pm By Diana KruzmanFlooding in Missouri and Kentucky this week swept away homes, washed out bridges, and killed at…Here’s what’s in the Senate’s $369 billion for climate and energy
Jul 29, 2022, 10:45 am By Julia Kane
It’s been a dangerously hot, rainy, fiery summer in the United States. But there’s a glimmer of…Biden’s under-the-radar executive moves would make solar cheaper for low-income renters
Jul 29, 2022, 10:30 am By Lina TranWith his landmark climate bill seemingly dead in the Senate, President Joe Biden had been facing…Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar thinks so
Jul 29, 2022, 10:15 am By Diana Kruzman
There’s a part at the end of “Don’t Look Up,” last year’s wildly popular Netflix film…Manchin, Dems reach deal on climate legislation
Jul 27, 2022, 11:54 pm By Diana KruzmanDemocratic leaders have reached an agreement with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia on a package…
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