For Floridians in mobile homes, Hurricane Helene was a disaster waiting to happen
Oct 7, 2024, 1:29 pm By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Chelsy Robison huddled in an empty building on the Paradise Park mobile home campground in Perry,…Al Gore thought stopping climate change would be hard. But not this hard.
Oct 7, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
At a congressional hearing on the greenhouse effect in 1981, Al Gore, then a member of the House of…How California boosted composting — but broke local composters in the process
Oct 7, 2024, 4:15 am By Twilight Greenaway
Reporting for this story was supported by the Climate Equity Reporting Project at the UC Berkeley…Indigenous voters worry a Harris presidency means endangering sacred lands
Oct 7, 2024, 4:00 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
At an August rally in Glendale, Arizona, the rowdiness of the crowd suggested a rockstar was about…In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater
Oct 6, 2024, 9:00 am By Sara Van Note, Undark
This year, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission held a hearing in Santa Fe to seek…The end of an era: Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
Oct 5, 2024, 9:00 am By Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian
Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire generated…Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Oct 4, 2024, 4:51 pm By Zoya Teirstein
This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are…Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.
Oct 4, 2024, 3:21 pm By Jake Bittle
Even as the full scale of devastation in the mountainous regions of North Carolina and Tennessee…Can shaming the world’s worst ‘climate criminals’ save the planet?
Oct 4, 2024, 9:00 am By John Thomason
An unfailingly friendly 30-year-old with tousled black hair and a slight, willowy frame, Michael…The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What’s next?
Oct 4, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
When the bubonic plague reached England in the summer of 1348 — spread by fleas, lice, or infected…Is climate anxiety a pressing problem, or a luxury?
Oct 3, 2024, 4:45 am By Eve Andrews
This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Moral Hazards, a weeklong exploration of the…What a second Trump presidency could mean for Indigenous peoples
Oct 3, 2024, 4:30 am By Anita Hofschneider
When Indigenous community organizer Jade Begay, Tesuque Pueblo and Diné, found out that Donald…Saving ginseng means balancing conservation and culture
Oct 3, 2024, 4:15 am By Katie Myers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit…Climate change is destroying American homes. Who should have to move?
Oct 2, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Consider the following scenario: A local government wants to relocate a neighborhood that is…Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after Helene
Oct 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Zoya Teirstein
There are battleground states, and then there’s North Carolina. Former President Donald Trump won…The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace thousands.
Oct 2, 2024, 4:15 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Thousand-foot-long ships chug through the Panama Canal’s waters each day, over the submerged…Climate was a top question at the VP debate. Both candidates actually answered — sort of.
Oct 2, 2024, 12:55 am By Tik Root
Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and J.D. Vance, the…Governing after Hurricane Helene
Oct 1, 2024, 9:00 am By Jake Bittle
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. We’re Jake Bittle and Ayurella Horn-Muller, two…A climate scientist criticized his own study. Is he a hero or a villain?
Oct 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
When a climate scientist’s inbox is flooded with requests to appear on Fox News, it’s a fairly…The states where climate progress is on the ballot
Oct 1, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
After a decade of failed attempts to charge polluters for emitting carbon dioxide, Washington…
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