Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
May 16, 2024, 3:52 pm By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Wildfires in western and central Canada spread rapidly this week, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, with smoke sweeping into the Midwest…Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again.
May 16, 2024, 3:52 pm By Izzy RossThis coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Wildfires in western and central Canada spread rapidly this week, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, with smoke sweeping into the Midwest…This enzyme is responsible for life on Earth. It’s a hot mess.
May 16, 2024, 4:45 am By Jesse Nichols
Pretty much all life on Earth – plants, animals, humans – in large part, owe their entire existence to one microscopic protein. It’s called ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, better known as RuBisCO, and it’s an enzyme: a biological machine…The American Climate Corps will get people into green jobs. Can it help their mental health too?
May 16, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
In the depths of the Great Depression in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt warned Congress that millions of Americans were idly “walking the streets,” presenting a threat to the country’s stability, even though they “would infinitely prefer to…How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
May 16, 2024, 4:15 am By Jake Bittle
The rising cost of homeowner’s insurance is now one of the most prominent symptoms of climate change in the United States. Major carriers like State Farm and Allstate have pulled back from offering fire insurance in California, dropping thousands of…How tiny pieces of evidence can reveal giant stories about our world — and ways to make it better
May 15, 2024, 10:35 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The vision “Denying climate change is tantamount to saying you don’t believe in gravity.” — Christina Figueres, climate advocate and diplomat, in her 2020 book The Future We Choose The spotlight How do we know that the climate is changing — and that…Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
May 15, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Les Clark III took charge of the West Side Recreation and Park District in 2018, just as the bottom was falling out in Taft, California. The oil pumps that surrounded the town of 9,000 had been nodding up and down for decades, but all at once they froze in…Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
May 15, 2024, 4:15 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
The Colorado River Indian Tribes now have the ability to lease their water rights off-reservation, a move that could ease pressures on communities facing the effects of climate change through drought. The option may prove to be financially beneficial for the…A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.
May 15, 2024, 4:00 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit, environmental media organization. If you live in the Midwest or the Southeast, you know the cicadas are coming. And if you live in Chicago, you know the Cicadalypse is…America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.
May 14, 2024, 3:26 pm By Syris Valentine
America’s energy system has a problem: Solar and wind developers want to build renewable energy at a breakneck pace — and historic climate legislation has fueled their charge with financial incentives worth billions of dollars. But too often the power that…Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical
May 14, 2024, 4:55 am By Rachel Glickhouse
Grist, an award-winning, nonprofit media organization dedicated to highlighting climate solutions and uncovering environmental injustices, has acquired the nonprofit news site The Counter. Launched in 2015, The Counter investigated the forces shaping how and…Why we acquired The Counter
May 14, 2024, 4:50 am By Nikhil SwaminathanI have been at Grist for more than seven years now, and it’s been a hell of a ride. The organization has evolved — or, put more fairly, transformed — shifting from almost entirely Seattle-based to very nearly fully distributed, with staffers in more than…Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?
May 14, 2024, 4:45 am By Akielly Hu
The first thing you notice walking up to a dai pai dong, one of Hong Kong’s signature open-air street food stalls, is the smoke. Aromatic plumes billow out from aluminum-covered vent hoods as chefs with decades of experience produce steaming plates of…Can electric woks produce great stir fry?
May 14, 2024, 4:45 am By Akielly HuThe first thing you notice walking up to a dai pai dong, one of Hong Kong’s signature open-air street food stalls, is the smoke. Aromatic plumes billow out from aluminum-covered vent hoods as chefs with decades of experience produce steaming plates of…Can the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?
May 14, 2024, 4:30 am By Diana Kruzman
In early April of last year, a white capsule the size of a small school bus detached from the International Space Station and splashed down off the coast of Tampa, Florida. On board were 4,300 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments, including samples of…An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
May 14, 2024, 4:15 am By Jesse Nichols
The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms sparked a chain of wildfires in the forests of Northern California. For weeks, smoke blanketed the state, drifting all the way to the California National Primate Research Center, where 50…Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
4:45am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday that she plans to sue fossil fuel companies for knowingly contributing to climate…As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground
Sun 9:00am By Mark Trahant
This story was originally published by ICT and is reproduced here as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. A little more than a century ago…A year in, New York’s pioneering public power law makes uneven progress
May 11, 2024, 9:00 am By Akielly Hu
This story was originally published by Canary Media. One year ago, New York state passed one of the country’s most ambitious clean energy and climate justice laws. The Build Public Renewables Act authorized the New York Power Authority, or NYPA —…In Brazil, unprecedented flooding may force a political reckoning
May 10, 2024, 5:58 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Vitor Martinez, a 25-year-old musician and community organizer, lives in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul — the southernmost state in Brazil. Martinez’s neighborhood borders Guaíba Lake, around which Porto Alegre’s main attractions are…
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