Young people can do more than organize. We can also help make climate policy.
Jan 21, 2021, 9:21 am By Piper Christian and Michelle D. Hernandez
At a virtual fundraiser last July, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden said, “I want young…Biden rejoining the Paris Agreement, explained
Jan 21, 2021, 6:45 am By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser Here’s what that means for the U.S., the world, and climate change.…What can I do to bring the Green New Deal to life?
Jan 21, 2021, 6:30 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, If I have some money to invest in the Green New Deal, where should I start? —…After a decade of struggle, Keystone XL may be sold for scrap
Jan 20, 2021, 5:38 pm By Alexandria Herr
After 12 embattled years of approval, cancellation, and re-approval, Keystone XL may be done for…Biden just put the US back in the Paris Agreement. Now the pressure is on.
Jan 20, 2021, 5:30 pm By Shannon Osaka
The United States is rejoining the Paris climate agreement, fulfilling one of President Joe…From doublespeak to alternative facts: How Trump made a mess of the language
Jan 20, 2021, 6:30 am By Kate Yoder
The 45th president of the United States lied about everything, even the weather. It started his…Trump made lying about the environment an art form, so we drew 10 of his biggest whoppers
Jan 20, 2021, 6:30 am By Joseph Winters
Trump’s stint in the White House is at an end, but his self-proclaimed legacy as America’s…Trump’s unintended legacy: A fiery climate resistance
Jan 19, 2021, 6:45 am By Shannon Osaka
When President Donald Trump moved into the White House in early 2017, those worried about the…What do Biden’s cabinet picks show about his plans to act on climate?
Jan 19, 2021, 5:45 am By Brianna Baker
Joe Biden will become our 46th president tomorrow with a scaled-down, masked-up inauguration, an…The president needs to hit the ground running on climate
Jan 18, 2021, 6:00 am By Michael E. Mann
This story was originally published by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here…More than 50 countries commit to protecting 30% of Earth’s land and oceans
Jan 17, 2021, 7:30 am By Fiona Harvey
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…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 Teirstein
On 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 Pontecorvo
Last 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 Sadasivam
Earlier 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 Teirstein
Last 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 staff
Welcome 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?
Jan 14, 2021, 6:45 am By Eve Andrews
Dear 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
Jan 14, 2021, 6:30 am By Alexandria Herr
Two 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?
Jan 14, 2021, 6:30 am By Cameron Oglesby
So 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.
Jan 14, 2021, 6:15 am By Wanda Kashudoha Loescher Culp and Osprey Orielle Lake
Within the Alaskan homelands of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsmishian peoples, there is a saying:…
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