Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast?
Apr 17, 2024, 4:45 am By Gautama Mehta
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News. When a winter storm knocked out Texas’ power grid in 2021, the scale of the devastation it wrought was exacerbated by a singular fact about the Lone Star State: It has its own electric…The world’s 4th coral bleaching event has officially arrived
Apr 16, 2024, 7:52 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
As ocean water heats up, swaths of once-technicolor coral reefs have begun turning white, putting ecosystems across the globe at risk. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative announced on…FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics.’
Apr 16, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
When U.S. homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. FEMA’s notorious 50 percent rule stipulates that if a home in a flood…Monitoring a ‘sea of trucks’ in Chicago
Apr 16, 2024, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Sign up for WBEZ newsletters to get local news you can trust. Earlier this month, Paulina Vaca stood at the corner of Pulaski Road and…Your guide to the 2024 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Apr 15, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. In 2019, Makanalani Gomes stood on the slopes of Mauna Kea, the tallest…8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?
Apr 15, 2024, 4:30 am By Syris Valentine
When the sharing economy took off in the 2010s and upended entire industries, the firmest proponents of the model heralded it as an economic revolution that would help slash emissions. Of all the ideas that emerged and dissolved over the years, shareable…Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast. Yours could be next.
9:00am By Matt Simon, WIRED
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With its expanse of buildings and concrete, Mexico City may not look squishy — but it is. Ever since the Spanish conquistadors drained Lake…The downballot races that could transform energy policy in Arizona and Nebraska
Sat 9:00am By Marcus Baram, Capital and Main
This story was originally published by Capital & Main. When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and watershed protection, several downballot elections this year in a handful of states could have a major effect in the transition away from fossil…The lowly light bulb is the Biden administration’s latest climate-fighting tool
Apr 12, 2024, 6:30 pm By Gautama Mehta
The Department of Energy, or DOE, announced Friday that it’s strengthening energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs in U.S. markets, in a move anticipated to save Americans $27 billion on their utility bills over 30 years. The DOE estimates that the…A climate pledge verifier said it would allow more carbon offsets. Its staff revolted.
Apr 12, 2024, 3:09 pm By Joseph Winters
The world’s most prominent verification program for corporate climate pledges is reportedly in turmoil following its board of trustees’ unilateral decision this week to allow carbon offsets to count toward companies’ supply chain emissions reduction…How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question.
Apr 12, 2024, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Last year’s United Nations climate conference in the United Arab Emirates ended on a surprising high note as the world’s countries endorsed a landmark agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. After weeks of tense negotiation, the conference produced…DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands
Apr 12, 2024, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Those involved in the Line 5 pipeline controversy have been waiting for the United States Department of Justice — and the Biden administration…For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
Apr 11, 2024, 2:11 pm By Taylar Dawn Stagner
When it comes to a green future, money isn’t everything. In the case of Indigenous peoples, there also needs to be a variety of support and cultural understanding. That’s according to Kimberly Yazzie, a Diné researcher in ecology at Stanford University,…Biden’s environmental justice scorecard offers more questions than answers
Apr 11, 2024, 4:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Shortly after being elected president, Joe Biden made a sweeping promise on environmental justice: With a 2021 executive order, he vowed that a full 40 percent of the benefits of certain federal government climate and environmental investments would reach…Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’
Apr 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
Despite minor improvements, major companies’ climate commitments remain “critically insufficient” to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a new analysis. The 2024 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, a…Georgia residents: Apply to our community reporting fellowship
Apr 10, 2024, 1:03 pm By Lyndsey GilpinApplications are now open for Grist’s first community reporting fellowship: a paid six-week remote program for Georgia residents to learn journalism principles and news reporting skills to help meet their communities’ information needs. The first cohort…Climate solutions, by the hundred
Apr 10, 2024, 10:56 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. We are celebrating a milestone: Today marks the 100th issue of this here old newsletter. Over the past two-plus years, we’ve covered a huge range of climate solutions, from resilience hubs to solar grazing to the…EPA finalizes the nation’s first PFAS limits in drinking water
Apr 10, 2024, 5:00 am By Joseph Winters
Some 70 years after they entered widespread chemical use, the federal government is finally regulating the so-called “forever chemicals” found in everything from nonstick cookware to menstrual products. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday…The best coffee for the planet might not be coffee at all
Apr 10, 2024, 4:45 am By L.V. Anderson
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Slate. When Henri Kunz was growing up in West Germany in the 1980s, he used to drink an instant coffee substitute called Caro, a blend of barley, chicory root, and rye roasted to approximate the deep color…Bloomberg funds youth-led climate action in 100 cities worldwide
Apr 10, 2024, 4:30 am By Syris Valentine
Young people have for generations signed their names in history’s ledger as agents of change. James Monroe and Alexander Hamilton celebrated their 25th birthdays during the Revolutionary War. Nearly two centuries later, college-age Black men and women…
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