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Apr 30, 2026, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal…One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders
4:45am By Grace Benninghoff
On a Tuesday night in April, beneath a sky mottled with clouds, a slick stretch of road in…Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
4:30am By Anita Hofschneider
Billions of dollars have been pledged to fight the climate crisis, but almost none is reaching…Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
4:15am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of…This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
Tue 4:30am By Rebecca Egan McCarthy
For millions of years, the Mississippi River flowed unchecked, carrying roughly 400 million metric…He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.
Apr 27, 2026, 5:29 pm By Anna Mattson
Kim Booker never thought much about lead during her roughly 27 years living in Trenton, New Jersey.…Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
Apr 27, 2026, 1:11 pm By Dionne Phillips
Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights,…The world is getting too hot to feed itself
Apr 27, 2026, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Two years ago today, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April…The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
Apr 27, 2026, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises…Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline
Apr 27, 2026, 4:15 am By Vivian La
Michigan’s decades-long fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline will be heard in state court after…How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage
Apr 26, 2026, 9:00 am By Kylie Mohr
Recovery from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting…Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 am By Maya Yang, The Guardian
Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution,…AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn
Apr 24, 2026, 4:00 am By Aimee Gabay
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping Indigenous communities detect illegal logging, track…Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
Apr 23, 2026, 4:00 am By Michael Cugley
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalized at alarming rates, AI systems scrape…The ‘age of electricity’ is here. No one knows what comes next.
Apr 23, 2026, 4:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has caused an unprecedented disruption in…What’s driving the catastrophic wildfires in Georgia
Apr 22, 2026, 6:55 pm By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
Apr 22, 2026, 4:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of disinfectant solution…Know the facts about Vibrio, a bacteria found in coastal waters and raw shellfish
Apr 22, 2026, 4:40 am By Lyndsey Gilpin
What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of…Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery
Apr 22, 2026, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
A miner haunts the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It’s not the spirit of an interred…Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN
Apr 22, 2026, 4:00 am By Aimee Gabay
On the second day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, experts…
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