Utilities may soon pay you to help support a greener grid
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Every month you pay an electricity bill, because there’s no choice if you want to keep the lights…How Trump’s trade war could impact U.S. electricity prices — and state climate plans
Mar 4, 2025, 7:27 pm By Zoya Teirstein
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump initiated a trade war with Canada and Mexico, America’s two…How Washington State pioneered an “all hands, all lands” wildfire prevention strategy
Mar 4, 2025, 10:33 am By Grist Creative
In January 2025, wildfire driven by hurricane-force winds ripped through Los Angeles County. Over a…Trump’s energy secretary pushed legal attack on green investing
Mar 4, 2025, 4:45 am By Sasha Chavkin, The Examination
This story is published in partnership with The Examination, a news organization that investigates…Big banks abandoned a voluntary climate alliance. Now, critics are calling for new laws.
4:45am By Joseph Winters
In the lead-up to Inauguration Day, all six of the United States’ largest banks backed away from a…This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
4:30am By Matt Simon
For all its plant and animal life aboveground, the Amazon rainforest’s soils are surprisingly poor…Technofossils: How future archeologists will study our everyday objects
4:15am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Humans have been leaving their mark upon Earth for almost as long as we’ve existed. But over the…‘Like a virus’: Corruption has infected the fight against climate change
4:00am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
Bribery, theft, conflicts of interest, and other forms of corruption are hampering global efforts to…Questions and confusion as Trump pauses key funding for shrinking Colorado River
Sun 9:00am By Alex Hager, KUNC
An executive order issued in the early days of the Trump administration hit pause on at least $4…Plan to build a road with radioactive waste in Florida prompts legal challenge against the EPA
Mar 1, 2025, 9:00 am By Amy Green, Inside Climate News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial…America’s avocado obsession is destroying Mexico’s forests. Is there a fix?
Feb 28, 2025, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Avocados are entrenched in American cuisine. The rich, creamy fruit, swaddled in a coarse skin, is…Farmers depend on climate data. They’re suing the USDA for deleting it.
Feb 28, 2025, 4:00 am By Frida Garza
In late January, the director of digital communications at the U.S. Department of Agriculture sent…US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: ‘It’s catastrophic’
Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 am By Katie Myers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, BPR, a public radio station…Exporting natural gas raises your power bills. Trump is doing it anyway.
Feb 27, 2025, 4:30 am By Lylla Younes
When former President Joe Biden paused the Department of Energy’s approval of new natural gas…One senator’s lonely quest to make the farm bill more sustainable
Feb 27, 2025, 4:30 am By Frida Garza
When Debbie Stabenow retired from Congress last year, she ended a 28-year run of advocating at the…Extreme heat can age you as fast as a smoking habit
Feb 27, 2025, 4:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
Two white men in their 60s live hundreds of miles away from each other, one in Arizona and the other…Trump’s EPA wants to demolish the bedrock of US climate regulation. It won’t be easy.
Feb 26, 2025, 5:19 pm By Naveena Sadasivam
2007 was a pivotal year for climate regulation in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled that…Climate change is politically divisive. Public parks? Not so much.
Feb 26, 2025, 10:34 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Two weeks ago, we wrote about the EXPLORE Act — an expansive piece of legislation…How the Eaton Fire destroyed a delicate truce over Altadena’s future
Feb 26, 2025, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Less than a month before the Eaton Fire engulfed Altadena, longtime residents thought they’d…The ‘doomsday’ seed vault in Svalbard just added thousands of climate-hardy crops
Feb 26, 2025, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Three times a year, a fortress within the remote mountainside of a Norwegian island opens its doors…
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