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Since the 1990’s, Martin Egot has protected his tribe’s ancestral homelands near Nigeria’s…Farmworkers face harsh conditions. Now they’re eyeing a pay cut.
Sep 17, 2025, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
When President Trump campaigned for his second term on the promise of deporting millions of…Gas stove makers quietly delete air pollution warnings as they fight mandatory health labels
Sep 17, 2025, 4:00 am By Sophie Hurwitz
The home appliance industry would like you to believe that gas-burning stoves are not a risk to your…‘Green’ diesel producer’s supplier linked to Amazon deforestation
Sep 16, 2025, 11:30 am By Murilo Pajolla, Repórter Brasil
Diamond Green Diesel, or DGD, a U.S. leader in renewable diesel production, imports beef tallow from…This Pennsylvania settlement could set the standard for preventing tiny plastic pellet pollution
Sep 16, 2025, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
When Heather Hulton VanTassel went looking for plastic pellets in the Ohio River in 2021, she was…How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream
Sep 16, 2025, 4:15 am By Naveena Sadasivam
When President Donald Trump took office, he promised to “unleash American energy” — and…Republicans are using an arcane oversight rule to permanently dismantle federal land protections
Sep 15, 2025, 4:45 am By Lois Parshley
In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier…How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…How a profit-sharing agreement could be a new model for mining on Indigenous land
Sep 15, 2025, 4:15 am By Miacel Spotted Elk
In 2020, when Brian Mason began his first term as Chairman for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the…US taxpayers will pay billions in new fossil fuel subsidies thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
Sep 14, 2025, 9:00 am By Molly Taft, WIRED
The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil,…California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 am By Maria Gallucci
A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span…Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
Sep 12, 2025, 4:45 am By Sophie Hurwitz
The companies frantically building and leasing data centers are well aware that they’re straining…Ahead of COP, Africa aims to become the continent of climate solutions
Sep 11, 2025, 4:45 am By Tik Root
After three days of talks in Addis Ababa, African leaders have agreed on Wednesday to a common…How do we feed billions without wrecking the planet? A Q&A about our food systems.
Sep 11, 2025, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio…Students, schools race to save clean energy projects in face of Trump deadline
Sep 11, 2025, 4:15 am By Julia Gentin, The Hechinger Report
Tanish Doshi was in high school when he pushed the Tucson Unified School District to take on an…In Georgia, Trump’s immigration agenda and clean energy jobs are colliding
Sep 10, 2025, 2:39 pm By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Three days after the Mountain Fire tore through the hillsides of Camarillo in Southern California…Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Sep 10, 2025, 4:44 am By Naveena Sadasivam
You’ve just lived through a terrible flood, wildfire, or hurricane. Your house has suffered…Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong
Sep 9, 2025, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require removing carbon dioxide from the…Billions spent, miles to go: The story of California’s failure to build high-speed rail
Sep 8, 2025, 4:45 am By Benton Graham
Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10…
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