In Georgia, a runoff looms for Democrats after primary results for public utility commission seat
Jun 18, 2025, 7:37 pm By Emily JonesThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…Your favorite campgrounds, hiking trails, and forests could soon be up for auction
Jun 18, 2025, 6:04 pm By Joseph WintersAmong the several controversial proposals emerging from the U.S. Senate this week as it considers…Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates
Jun 18, 2025, 4:45 am By Miacel Spotted ElkSince mid-May, wildfires across Canada have burned 9.6 million acres, prompting the evacuation of…With new Senate legislation, Congress is one step closer to gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
Jun 17, 2025, 7:36 pm By Zoya TeirsteinWhen the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” last…How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
Jun 17, 2025, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-FrancoThe American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly…Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference
Jun 16, 2025, 4:21 pm By Joseph WintersDelegates from around the world convened in Nice, France, last week to discuss a range of ocean…Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory
Jun 16, 2025, 10:07 am By Lois ParshleyIn the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury…From sea monkeys to Great Salt Lake gold
Jun 16, 2025, 10:00 am By Grist CreativeThe shoreline of Utah’s Great Salt Lake frames an otherworldly body of water, from pastel pink to…Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
Jun 16, 2025, 4:45 am By Tristan BaurickOn a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent…What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
Jun 16, 2025, 4:30 am By Kate YoderWhen Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma,…Norway is all in on electric cars. What can the U.S. learn?
Jun 15, 2025, 9:00 am By Rod McCullom, UndarkIn January, the Norwegian Road Federation released a statistic that turned heads inside…Texas finalizes $1.8B to build solar, battery, and gas-powered microgrids
Jun 14, 2025, 9:00 am By Jeff St. John, Canary MediaThe Texas Legislature ended its biennial session without passing a slew of bills that could have…Trump’s EPA accidentally made the case against passing the Big Beautiful Bill
Jun 13, 2025, 4:45 am By Naveena SadasivamOn the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump frequently criticized the Biden administration for new…Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land
Jun 13, 2025, 4:00 am By Kylie MohrOver 3 million acres of public land could be sold in the next five years, after Senate Republicans…This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
Jun 12, 2025, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerFor the fewer than a hundred people that make up the entire population of Port Heiden, Alaska,…There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important.
Jun 12, 2025, 4:30 am By Emily JonesEarly voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service…Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born
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Jun 11, 2025, 4:45 am By Maddy CrowellThe day I was supposed to join a group of young women to map Gros Islet, an old fishing village on…Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning
Jun 11, 2025, 4:30 am By Katie MyersWhen the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at…
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