These downballot elections may slow the shift to clean energy
Nov 8, 2024, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
Some of the votes Americans cast on Tuesday that may have mattered most for the climate were quite a…The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights
Nov 8, 2024, 4:15 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Making oncom is almost magical. It starts with a pile of soy pulp, which is wrapped in banana leaves…The 5 states where environmental ballot initiatives triumphed
Nov 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Climate change did not take center stage during this week’s presidential election; it did not even…An attempt to repeal Washington’s landmark climate law failed massively
Nov 7, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
The people of Washington state elected to save the most ambitious price on carbon in the country. A…The massive consequences Trump’s reelection could have on climate change
Nov 6, 2024, 8:32 am By Tik Root
Donald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States. The Associated Press called the…The massive consequences Trump’s re-election could have on climate change
Nov 6, 2024, 8:32 am By Tik Root
Donald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States. The Associated Press called the…How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone.
Nov 6, 2024, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
Johnny Appleseed’s heart was in the right place when he walked all over the early United States…What Election Day looked like for voters in hurricane-battered communities across Florida and North Carolina
Nov 5, 2024, 8:39 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Early Tuesday afternoon, Kurt Wilkening drove to his usual Election Day polling location at a church…A stormy Election Day in southwest Louisiana
Nov 5, 2024, 8:01 pm By Lylla Younes
Election Day in Lake Charles, Louisiana began with heavy rain and tornado warnings. Belts of…Election Day in the disaster zone
Nov 5, 2024, 1:39 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Hello, and welcome to our special Election Day edition of State of Emergency. I’m Zoya Teirstein,…This California congressman is betting the farm on water
Nov 5, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are…A Q&A with Indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo who fought oil drilling in the Amazon — and won
Nov 5, 2024, 4:30 am By Anita Hofschneider
Nemonte Nenquimo was just 6 years old when she heard the hum of a plane overhead bringing white…Scientists found a new ally in the fight to clean up CO2 emissions: ‘Chonkus’
Nov 5, 2024, 4:15 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of…The race for clean energy is local
4:45am By Emily Jones
The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry,…LA County sues Pepsi and Coke over plastic pollution and false advertising
4:15am By Joseph Winters
Los Angeles County announced last week that it’s suing PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic…On the ballot in your state: A guide to 2024’s climate voter referendums
4:00am By Christopher Harress, ReckonAfter the hottest 12 months on record, during which fossil fuel production and extreme weather…Utility regulators take millions from industries they oversee. What could go wrong?
Sun 9:00am By Mario Alejandro Ariza
It was 2:30 in the morning on November 6, 2014, when flames engulfed the New Orleans home of…Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
Nov 2, 2024, 2:14 pm By Zoya Teirstein
It’s been a little over a month since Hurricane Helene ripped through the southeastern United…Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
Nov 2, 2024, 9:00 am By Kiley Price, Inside Climate NewsAs climate change accelerates, hurricanes, wildfires and hail storms pound the U.S. with growing…How climate voters could swing the presidential election
Nov 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
In the final days before the presidential election, roughly 2,000 volunteers from all around the…
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