A state of emergency
Nov 12, 2024, 9:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
Hello, and welcome to the last issue of Grist’s special series on how climate disasters are…‘Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
Nov 12, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
For farmers, planning for spring begins in the fall. That’s when seeds go into the ground. Later,…He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
Nov 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
During his first time around as president, Donald Trump rolled back a bevy of environmental rules,…It’s already official: You’re living through the hottest year on record
Nov 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Nine months ago, the oceans became bathwater. As historically hot sea temperatures forced corals to…‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
Nov 10, 2024, 9:00 am By Damian Carrington, The GuardianPrivate jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising…Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about.
Nov 9, 2024, 9:00 am By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting…Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP29
Nov 8, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
It’s possible there has never been a worse time for the United Nations to hold negotiations on…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…
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