Why Facebook, Netflix, and Tesla are getting climate-shamed by investors
Jun 9, 2020, 3:55 am By Emily Pontecorvo
In late March, the British banking giant Barclays announced its ambition to become a net-zero bank…Renewable energy is taking off — but not in bank boardrooms
Jun 8, 2020, 3:55 am By Joseph Winters
When it comes to investing in a sustainable future, do we really have to pick between fossil fuels…For indigenous protesters, defending the environment can be fatal
Jun 8, 2020, 3:55 am By Rachel Ramirez
Adán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was shot while riding his…Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years
Jun 7, 2020, 7:00 am By Oliver Milman
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…For developing countries, more solar power — and maybe more lead?
Jun 6, 2020, 7:00 am By Anuradha Varanasi
This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Hurricanes disproportionately harm communities of color. TV news ignores that fact.
Jun 5, 2020, 3:59 am By Emily Pontecorvo
When Hurricane Florence slammed into southeastern North Carolina in September 2018, the worst-hit…The Atlantic hurricane season just started. It’s already breaking records.
Jun 5, 2020, 3:55 am By Zoya Teirstein
As you read this, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially started…50 Years of Fighting: Jane Fonda talks activism with rising star Jerome Foster II
Jun 5, 2020, 3:55 am By Grist staff
She’s an Academy Award–winning actress-turned-climate evangelist with decades of activism under…US states have spent the past 5 years trying to criminalize protest
Jun 4, 2020, 3:59 am By Naveena Sadasivam
The Minnesota legislature has spent the last five years preparing for the kind of protests that have…Why is everything falling apart in 2020?
Jun 4, 2020, 3:58 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, Did any aspect of climate change cause the pandemic to happen this year (versus last…Tear gas and coronavirus are ‘a recipe for disaster,’ experts warn
Jun 4, 2020, 3:58 am By Shannon Osaka
As people fill city streets in protests set off by the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black…Combatting climate change, COVID-19, and systemic injustice on the same front
Jun 4, 2020, 3:55 am By Claire Elise Thompson
We now know that coronavirus — much like police brutality, mass incarceration, and climate change…Cities are shutting down bikeshares during curfews, stranding their own residents
Jun 3, 2020, 4:11 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Over the past several days, hundreds of thousands of Americans have hit the streets to protest the…‘Ring down the curtain’: What protests mean for a nation already in crisis
Jun 3, 2020, 3:59 am By Yvette Cabrera
I was a college student living in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles when the 1992 riots…How the internet transformed climate activism
Jun 3, 2020, 3:58 am By Kate Yoder
It all started with the Albany Pine Bush. The sand dunes in upstate New York, dotted with scraggly…On top of everything, hurricane season is here and most Americans don’t have flood insurance
Jun 3, 2020, 3:55 am By Zoya Teirstein
Monday was the official first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, though the season unofficially…#BlackBirdersWeek takes on systemic racism
Jun 2, 2020, 3:38 pm By Emily Benson
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the…Grist has acquired Pacific Standard
Jun 2, 2020, 10:30 am By Brady Piñero Walkinshaw
Dear Grist community: The past week has been extraordinarily painful in the midst of what was…6 tips for becoming a youth activist (as told by a youth activist)
Jun 2, 2020, 3:59 am By Rachel Ramirez
Back in 2017, Jamie Margolin, a Seattle high school student, founded an organization called Future…Climate change threatens the economy. Here’s what regulators can do right now.
Jun 2, 2020, 3:55 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Many of the economic risks of climate change are already crystal clear, and yet financial markets…
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