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The spotlight During the COVID lockdowns of 2020, people in cities all over the world were desperate…UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis
Jun 25, 2025, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
For more than 30 years, the United Nations has helped support research positions at universities to…How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous
Jun 24, 2025, 4:45 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio…California rolls on with electric trucks, despite Trump’s roadblocks
Jun 24, 2025, 4:30 am By Benton Graham
Wes Lowe uses so much Claritin that he started an Amazon subscription to avoid running out. His kids…What will the rise of floating solar panels mean for wildlife?
Jun 24, 2025, 4:15 am By Matt Simon
The newest, hottest power couple doesn’t live in Hollywood. It’s actually the marriage of solar…Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?
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Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is…What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash
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Until a few years ago, the town of Plympton, Massachusetts was quite literally throwing away money.…This rural community fought one of the country’s biggest gas-powered data centers — and won
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Lexi Shelhorse is a seventh-generation resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where she grows…Boosted by Trump, banks resume their love affair with fossil fuels
Jun 21, 2025, 9:00 am By Henry Carnell, Mother Jones
For the first time since 2021 — the start of the Biden administration — banks have ramped up…New York’s mayoral race could decide the city’s climate future
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Six years ago, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hosted a chaotic press conference in the lobby of…Want to try lab-grown salmon? The US just approved it.
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For the first time ever, a lab-grown seafood company has met the United States Food and Drug…A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they’re paying it
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People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate…Science says plastic bag bans really do work
Thu 2:00pm By Joseph Winters
When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. …A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is
Thu 4:45am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
After founding the Better Planet Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021, Zia…In Georgia, a runoff looms for Democrats after primary results for public utility commission seat
Jun 18, 2025, 7:37 pm By Emily Jones
This 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 Winters
Among 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 Elk
Since 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 Teirstein
When 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-Franco
The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly…Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference
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Delegates from around the world convened in Nice, France, last week to discuss a range of ocean…
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