‘All hands on deck’: How Watch Duty keeps up with the California wildfires
Jan 11, 2025, 9:00 am By Boone Ashworth, WIRED
For days, horrific wildfires have torn through Los Angeles, and they are still raging. The…The climate benefits of NYC’s hard-won congestion pricing plan
Jan 10, 2025, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
After months — and, for some, years — of anticipation, congestion pricing is live in New York…Biden administration axes controversial climate plan for old growth forests
Jan 9, 2025, 12:32 pm By Katie Myers
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit…The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common
Jan 9, 2025, 5:00 am By Kate Yoder
It’s supposed to be the rainy season in Southern California, but the last time Los Angeles…Energy is central to American politics. That all started with Jimmy Carter.
Jan 9, 2025, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
In 1981, a Democratic president who’d made energy policy a centerpiece of his administration left…Why Los Angeles is burning in January
Jan 8, 2025, 5:54 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Harel Dor and Finn O’Brien were just finishing up dinner at a restaurant in Pasadena, California…California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
Jan 8, 2025, 5:00 pm By Jake Bittle
On Tuesday, after a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm blew through Southern California, a severe brush…What’s missing from Biden’s offshore drilling ban? The western Gulf of Mexico.
Jan 8, 2025, 3:11 pm By Tristan Baurick
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit…Scientists are looking for CO2-gobbling microbes in extreme environments — like your home
Jan 8, 2025, 11:19 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
The spotlight There I was: teetering on the top of a ladder with my headlamp and a sampling vial,…The promises and challenges of the Philippines’ new climate-resilient city
Jan 8, 2025, 4:45 am By Maggie Wang
The highway approaching New Clark City is wide — four lanes each way in places — but carries…People are flocking to Florida. Will there be enough water for them?
Jan 8, 2025, 4:30 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
While wading through wetlands in the headwaters of the Everglades, where tall, serrated grasses…California and environmental groups sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back.
Jan 7, 2025, 6:10 pm By Joseph Winters
On Monday, Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition…Will the world fall in love with nuclear power once more?
Jan 7, 2025, 4:30 am By Matt Simon
The Simpsons did nuclear power dirty. With towers looming over Springfield, three-eyed fish swimming…The business case for saving coral reefs
Jan 6, 2025, 4:45 am By Saqib Rahim
Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to…Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage
Jan 5, 2025, 9:00 am By Pam Radtke, Floodlight
The fishers in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cameron Parish, Louisiana, estimate their catch has fallen…As states line up to battle Trump over climate, Pennsylvania could be on the sidelines
Jan 4, 2025, 9:00 am By Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main
As President-elect Donald Trump takes direct aim at federal climate policy, states and their…‘We have been heard’: Montana youth score a major climate victory in court
Jan 3, 2025, 6:07 pm By Joseph Winters
Montana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the 16 youth who sued the state in a landmark climate…Traditional weather forecasting is slow and expensive. AI could help.
Jan 3, 2025, 4:45 am By Natalie Donback
Every day, meteorologist Hannah Wangari takes the free graphs and maps produced by the five…How Elon Musk could end fossil fuel subsidies
Jan 3, 2025, 4:30 am By Tik Root
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to upend the federal government, and he has…Chicago keeps its New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean power
Jan 2, 2025, 4:45 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
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