We asked climate leaders what’s keeping them inspired. Here’s what they said.
Apr 21, 2026, 4:00 am By Grist staff
Climate action may be facing headwinds right now. But the passion, courage, and creativity that…The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests
Apr 20, 2026, 4:45 am By Grist staff
When most people think about national forests, they imagine vast Western landscapes: Alaska, the…War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
Apr 20, 2026, 4:30 am By Anita Hofschneider
Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest…The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
Apr 20, 2026, 4:15 am By Rebecca Egan McCarthy
The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in…The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?
Apr 20, 2026, 4:00 am By Naveena Sadasivam
The shipping industry has been facing an acute crisis. For the first time in modern history, both of…Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
Apr 19, 2026, 9:00 am By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large data centers, and…A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view
Apr 18, 2026, 9:00 am By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
Sea levels are much higher than we thought. Real-world oceans are making a mockery of flood-risk…Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice
Apr 17, 2026, 4:45 am By Matt Simon
Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade…American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
Apr 17, 2026, 4:30 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock, and that…Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?
Apr 17, 2026, 4:15 am By Leslie Davenport
Dear Leslie, I’m a young adult trying to figure out what I’m doing with my life. It feels…Climate adaptation funding is scarce. Private investors could help.
Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 am By Tik Root
The Afsluitdijk is a 32 kilometer causeway in the Netherlands that, since 1932, has been one of the…Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining
Apr 16, 2026, 6:54 pm By Rebecca Egan McCarthy
Minnesota’s Boundary Waters are a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada, with over a million…A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season
Apr 16, 2026, 4:15 am By Anita Hofschneider
The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week,…‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia
Apr 16, 2026, 4:00 am By Anita Hofschneider
Daria Egereva was supposed to be in New York next week. The Indigenous Selkup climate advocate was…Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.
Apr 15, 2026, 4:45 am By Irina Zhorov
Will Runion’s 736-acre cattle and hay farm is tucked into a horseshoe bend of the Nolichucky River…Trump and the Illinois governor keep feuding over an invasive fish
Apr 15, 2026, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
An invasive fish has become an unlikely flashpoint between President Donald Trump and Illinois…Many companies want clean energy. Georgia Power will soon let them build it.
Apr 15, 2026, 4:15 am By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR…New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers
Apr 14, 2026, 8:56 am By Frida Garza
The day’s forecast called for high winds, but around midday in downtown Manhattan, it felt like a…Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?
Apr 14, 2026, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
The first year of the Trump administration almost destroyed the Federal Emergency Management Agency.…The spike in diesel prices is quietly costing you billions
Apr 14, 2026, 4:15 am By Tik Root
The first thing drivers probably check when they go to the gas station is the cost of gasoline —…
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