California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
Jan 8, 2025, 5:00 pm By Jake BittleOn Tuesday, after a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm blew through Southern California, a severe brush…What’s missing from Biden’s offshore drilling ban? The western Gulf of Mexico.
Jan 8, 2025, 3:11 pm By Tristan BaurickThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit…Scientists are looking for CO2-gobbling microbes in extreme environments — like your home
Jan 8, 2025, 11:19 am By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyThe spotlight There I was: teetering on the top of a ladder with my headlamp and a sampling vial,…The promises and challenges of the Philippines’ new climate-resilient city
Jan 8, 2025, 4:45 am By Maggie WangThe highway approaching New Clark City is wide — four lanes each way in places — but carries…People are flocking to Florida. Will there be enough water for them?
Jan 8, 2025, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyWhile wading through wetlands in the headwaters of the Everglades, where tall, serrated grasses…California and environmental groups sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back.
Jan 7, 2025, 6:10 pm By Joseph WintersOn Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition…Will the world fall in love with nuclear power once more?
Jan 7, 2025, 4:30 am By Matt SimonThe Simpsons did nuclear power dirty. With towers looming over Springfield, three-eyed fish swimming…The business case for saving coral reefs
Jan 6, 2025, 4:45 am By Saqib RahimDays after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to…Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage
Jan 5, 2025, 9:00 am By Pam Radtke, FloodlightThe fishers in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cameron Parish, Louisiana, estimate their catch has fallen…As states line up to battle Trump over climate, Pennsylvania could be on the sidelines
Jan 4, 2025, 9:00 am By Audrey Carleton, Capital & MainAs President-elect Donald Trump takes direct aim at federal climate policy, states and their…‘We have been heard’: Montana youth score a major climate victory in court
Jan 3, 2025, 6:07 pm By Joseph WintersMontana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the 16 youth who sued the state in a landmark climate…Traditional weather forecasting is slow and expensive. AI could help.
Jan 3, 2025, 4:45 am By Natalie DonbackEvery day, meteorologist Hannah Wangari takes the free graphs and maps produced by the five…How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies
Jan 3, 2025, 4:30 am By Tik RootPresident-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to upend the federal government, and he has…Chicago keeps its New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean power
Jan 2, 2025, 4:45 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-FrancoThis coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio…Faith organizations have a complex relationship to disaster relief
Dec 23, 2024, 4:45 am By Katie MyersOn the second weekend after Hurricane Helene, Swannanoa Christian Church held its first Sunday…Three-quarters of the world’s land is drying out, ‘redefining life on Earth’
Dec 23, 2024, 4:30 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerAs Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the…Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change
Dec 23, 2024, 4:30 am By Taylar Dawn StagnerThe crowd sways like starlings in murmuration as we wait for the show to start. The relaxed vibe…In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
Dec 23, 2024, 4:15 am By Daniel ChangWhen leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could…How a fantasy oil train may help the Supreme Court gut a major environmental law
Dec 22, 2024, 9:00 am By Stephanie Mencimer, Mother JonesThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs
Dec 21, 2024, 9:00 am By Nina Lakhani, The GuardianThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…
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