How a profit-sharing agreement could be a new model for mining on Indigenous land
Sep 15, 2025, 4:15 am By Miacel Spotted Elk
In 2020, when Brian Mason began his first term as Chairman for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the…US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
Sep 14, 2025, 9:00 am By Molly Taft, WIRED
The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil,…California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 am By Maria Gallucci
A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span…Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
Sep 12, 2025, 4:45 am By Sophie Hurwitz
The companies frantically building and leasing data centers are well aware that they’re straining…Ahead of COP, Africa aims to become the continent of climate solutions
Sep 11, 2025, 4:45 am By Tik Root
After three days of talks in Addis Ababa, African leaders have agreed on Wednesday to a common…How do we feed billions without wrecking the planet? A Q&A about our food systems.
Sep 11, 2025, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio…Students, schools race to save clean energy projects in face of Trump deadline
Sep 11, 2025, 4:15 am By Julia Gentin, The Hechinger Report
Tanish Doshi was in high school when he pushed the Tucson Unified School District to take on an…In Georgia, Trump’s immigration agenda and clean energy jobs are colliding
Sep 10, 2025, 2:39 pm By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Three days after the Mountain Fire tore through the hillsides of Camarillo in Southern California…Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:44 am By Naveena Sadasivam
You’ve just lived through a terrible flood, wildfire, or hurricane. Your house has suffered…Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong
4:45am By Joseph Winters
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require removing carbon dioxide from the…Billions spent, miles to go: The story of California’s failure to build high-speed rail
Mon 4:45am By Benton Graham
Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10…A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch a $760M plan to build tunnels under Houston to ease flooding
Sep 7, 2025, 9:00 am By Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom
The devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people,…States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline
Sep 6, 2025, 9:00 am By Alex Brown, Stateline
Across the country, state leaders are racing to fast-track wind and solar projects before the…The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
Sep 5, 2025, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and…Nobody wants this gas plant. Trump is forcing it to stay open.
Sep 5, 2025, 4:30 am By Rebecca Egan McCarthy
The Trump administration, citing an ongoing “energy emergency,” has once again saddled a…A fiber optic cable spied on Greenland’s glaciers. It found an alarming problem
Sep 5, 2025, 4:15 am By Matt Simon
One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic…Your home has a 1 in 4 chance of being at severe risk from extreme weather
Sep 4, 2025, 1:48 pm By Zoya Teirstein
This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative…Waterlogged and contaminated: In rural Florida, locals suspect a mining company is to blame for their flooding troubles
Sep 4, 2025, 4:45 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
The storm had passed, but the water kept rising. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed into…How much carbon can we safely store underground? Much less than previously thought.
Sep 3, 2025, 11:00 am By Joseph Winters
Drawing down carbon from the air and stashing it in underground rock formations has been framed as…
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