North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’
Dec 7, 2024, 9:00 am By Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight
A small town in North Carolina has taken a bold step, filing the first climate “deception”…This New York town doesn’t want to be a climate experiment
Dec 6, 2024, 6:00 am By Abby Rabinowitz
On a hot morning in July, Ray Apy stood in a vacant lot in upstate New York and pointed to the mowed…Some of the world’s biggest cities are so polluted they’re warming slower
Dec 6, 2024, 4:30 am By Lylla Younes
The question of whether global warming is accelerating is hotly contested among climate scientists.…The Trump Cabinet nominees who will decide our climate future
Dec 5, 2024, 4:45 am By Grist staff
President-elect Donald Trump has put forth a slate of Cabinet nominees that reflects a clear…Don’t blame Biden for inflation. Blame the climate.
Dec 5, 2024, 4:30 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Angela Bishop has been struggling with what she describes as “the cost of everything lately.”…I’m grateful for a lot of things. But not Thanksgiving.
11:15am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
The vision “This one day a year doesn’t suffice for the gratitude and appreciation that we have…Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
6:00am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in…New technologies could refine the copper the world needs — without the dirty smelting
Tue 4:45am By Maddie Stone
At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of…Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil-producing nations are getting in the way.
Dec 2, 2024, 6:21 pm By Joseph Winters
What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty…How giant ‘batteries’ in the Earth could slash your electricity bills
Dec 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When…Midwest wins funding for a new hydrogen hub. Not everyone is convinced it’s ‘clean.’
Dec 2, 2024, 4:15 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
The U.S. Department of Energy is rolling out the first installment of its $1 billion commitment to…The world’s biggest climate case begins in The Hague
Dec 2, 2024, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
The world’s biggest climate case begins at The Hague in the Netherlands today. Oral arguments will…New York isn’t ready to fight more wildfires
Dec 1, 2024, 9:00 am By Nathan Porceng, New York Focus
Joseph Nickischer can’t remember wildfires like this. “We’ve had fires that lasted this long,…There’s a reason oil well sales are collapsing in California: Cleanup costs
Nov 30, 2024, 9:00 am By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main
For years, large drillers in California sold unprofitable wells to smaller companies willing to…At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Nov 27, 2024, 1:23 pm By Joseph Winters
Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan,…Rampant consumerism is bad for the planet. ‘Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.
Nov 27, 2024, 11:19 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight In one of Julie George’s most popular TikTok videos from this past summer, she…Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption.
Nov 27, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
The last few weeks of the year are always a special time — for shopping. According to the…Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.
Nov 27, 2024, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in…How to take climate change out of the culture wars
Nov 26, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
Household appliances used to be a safe conversation topic, if a boring one. But these days, many…At COP29, new rules for carbon markets made them even more controversial
Nov 26, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
Delegates closed out this year’s United Nations climate conference on Saturday after agonizing…
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