As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
Dec 20, 2024, 4:30 am By Jake Bittle
Donald Trump owes a lot to his adopted home state of Florida. The state, which is the third-largest…Q&A: How the U.S.–China rivalry is holding back the world’s climate progress
Dec 20, 2024, 4:15 am By Gautama Mehta
In recent years, there has been a dramatic transformation in the economic philosophy guiding the…Biden just set a big new climate goal. Can the U.S. achieve it?
Dec 19, 2024, 5:00 am By Jake Bittle
With just a month left in office, the Biden administration is setting a bold new target for U.S.…A study of 11,000 twins shows how to make America walkable again
Dec 19, 2024, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
For a century now, the United States has prioritized the automobile over the pedestrian. Major…New data shows just how bad the climate insurance crisis has become
Dec 19, 2024, 4:30 am By Tik Root
Five hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, causing half a trillion dollars in…Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
Dec 19, 2024, 4:00 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
In the first-ever global study of its kind, researchers concluded that more attention needs to be…Scientists from 57 countries want to end siloed decision-making on climate and biodiversity
Dec 18, 2024, 8:00 am By Joseph Winters
As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and policymakers have…Alert fatigue: The phrase that defined our climate in 2024
Dec 18, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
The weather was bound to be bad in 2024, the hottest year on Earth out of the last 125,000 of them.…Why it’s so hard to create a truly recyclable Keurig coffee pod
Dec 17, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
There’s a Keurig machine in some 40 million households in the U.S. Single-serve coffee brewing…Spending Christmas with ‘Dr. Doom’
Dec 17, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
I was 11 years old the year my older stepsister brought her high school boyfriend home for the first…Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
Dec 17, 2024, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio…This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world’s highest court
Dec 16, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
Julian Aguon wore a dark blue suit and garland made of white coconut fronds, brown hibiscus tree…Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources
Dec 15, 2024, 9:00 am By Hannah Norman, KFF Health News
Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and…‘Waging war on science’: Researchers worry about their jobs under Trump 2.0
Dec 14, 2024, 9:00 am By Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Mother Jones
Over the years, Donald Trump hasn’t exactly been a champion of science. As president and on the…After 2 years, Coca-Cola’s promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead
Dec 13, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Despite growing public scrutiny and legal challenges over its use of plastic, Coca-Cola appears to…Norway hits the brakes on mining the Arctic Ocean — for now
Dec 13, 2024, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
Over the last decade and a half, deep-sea mining has captured worldwide attention as a potential…In his final weeks, Biden aims to cut off funding for oil and gas projects abroad
Dec 12, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
In the landscape of international finance for fossil fuels, some of the most important players are…The climate cost of Trump’s tariffs
Dec 12, 2024, 4:30 am By Tik Root
Shortly after he was reelected last month, Donald Trump announced an economic gambit that was…The climate cost of Trump’s tariffs
Dec 12, 2024, 4:30 am By Tik Root
Shortly after he was elected, Donald Trump announced an economic gambit that was aggressive even by…Extreme heat is forcing farmers to work overnight, an adaptation that comes with a cost
Dec 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Every morning, for years, Josana Pinto da Costa would venture out onto the waterways lining Óbidos,…
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