2020 was the hottest year on record. We’ll remember it as one of the century’s coldest.
Jan 16, 2021, 6:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinOn Thursday, 2020 officially took its place in the upper echelon of warmest years in human history:…French oil giant Total bids adieu to major US oil lobby. Who’s next?
Jan 16, 2021, 6:30 am By Emily PontecorvoLast year, Europe’s three largest oil companies made splashy commitments to take action on climate…Will states use the Capitol riot to crack down on pipeline protests?
Jan 15, 2021, 11:50 am By Naveena SadasivamEarlier this week, with national attention focused on accountability for the pro-Trump rioters who…Democrats flipped the Senate. So why is a Green New Deal still unlikely?
Jan 15, 2021, 6:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinLast Friday morning, Representative Sean Casten, a Democrat from Illinois, appeared on a Chicago…Listen: Access to public lands, running, and resolutions
Jan 15, 2021, 5:45 am By Grist staffWelcome to the final episode of the first season of Temperature Check — Grist’s podcast on…2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal?
6:45am By Eve AndrewsDear Umbra, Every time I feel hopeful about the state of the world, a terrible news story knocks the…2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back
6:30am By Alexandria HerrTwo Trump appointees to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy who published a set…Green groups promised a racial reckoning in 2020. Is it happening?
6:30am By Cameron OglesbySo how are green groups doing when it comes to racial and gender diversity? That’s a question that…America’s ‘climate forest’ is under attack. Biden can protect it.
6:15am By Wanda Kashudoha Loescher Culp and Osprey Orielle LakeWithin the Alaskan homelands of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsmishian peoples, there is a saying:…Will 2021 be the year New York finally breaks ground on its clean energy promises?
6:15am By Emily PontecorvoNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged to close the gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes…Could the world reverse climate change but still burn all the fossil fuels? Scientists humor the idea.
5:01am By Nathanael JohnsonImagine a future when burning fossil fuels remains the norm, even as humanity realizes it has no…6 years after Flint water crisis, Michigan’s ex-governor to face charges
Wed 3:09pm By Adam MahoneyRick Synder was governor of Michigan when the state approved a 2014 cost-saving plan that switched…In the shadow of Amazon, resistance takes root in San Bernardino
Wed 6:45am By Yvette CabreraWhen Jorge Osvaldo Heredia moved to the Southern California city of San Bernardino in 2005, the…They’re turning churches into climate-resilience centers
Wed 5:40am By Brianna BakerChurches provide communities with more than a place to worship. They often double as gathering…U.S. emissions fell by 10% last year — for the worst possible reasons
Jan 12, 2021, 4:56 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe first full estimates of the United States’ emissions last year are in, showing the greatest…An attack on the Capitol shattered the myth of public lands
Jan 12, 2021, 6:45 am By Eve AndrewsA week has passed since the invasion of the Capitol by pro-Trump radicals, but a violation of that…U.S. cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons
Jan 12, 2021, 6:30 am By Greta MoranFor decades, the potential for a nuclear catastrophe felt like a waking threat, just around the…Why is cottagecore so white?
Jan 12, 2021, 6:15 am By Angely MercadoYou would know it to see it. Anyone who has sought escape in the endless feeds of TikTok or…Introducing Imagine 2200: Our new cli-fi contest
Jan 12, 2021, 5:40 am By Fix staffGrist’s solutions lab, Fix, is excited to announce the launch of our first-ever climate-fiction…This startup says seaweed is the secret to a better faux burger — and a healthier climate
Jan 12, 2021, 5:20 am By Adrienne DaySeaweed is loaded with protein, brimming with carbohydrates and, yes, grows like a weed, which…
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