Cities worldwide keep building in flood zones, despite mounting risks
Oct 6, 2023, 4:00 am By Tik RootCountries across the globe have been building in flood-prone areas at an alarming rate, and that’s…In communities of color, most oil and gas jobs still go to white workers
Oct 6, 2023, 4:00 am By Terry L. Jones, FloodlightThis story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit investigative newsroom focused on climate…There’s still a chance for America to reach net-zero, but it requires drastic action
Oct 5, 2023, 6:08 pm By Lyric AquinoThe United States could meet its climate targets by 2050 by reaching net-zero emissions – the…How to build a heat-resilient city
Oct 5, 2023, 4:45 am By Jake BittleThis story was co-published with Gizmodo. It is also part of Record High, a Grist series examining…The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines
Oct 5, 2023, 4:30 am By Katie MyersStripping coal from a mountain demands a wholesale rearrangement of its summit and the…Pope Francis calls for rapid decarbonization, ‘abandonment of fossil fuels’
Oct 4, 2023, 6:27 pm By Joseph WintersEight years ago, Pope Francis delivered a landmark encyclical — a letter to all bishops of the…Earth just set another heat record — by the largest margin yet
Oct 4, 2023, 5:46 pm By Max GrahamOf all the heat records broken this year – and there have been many – the one that September…Across the Midwest, communities grapple with the idea of a future without coal
Oct 4, 2023, 4:45 am By Siri ChilukuriThe parade wouldn’t start for another hour, but Rosemary Fulton was already bundled in her folding…In Photos: This small Midwestern town still crowns its Coal Queen
Oct 4, 2023, 4:40 am By Siri ChilukuriEvery year in August, the small town of Marissa, Illinois, celebrates the fossil fuel that gave it…The rise of ‘dadvocacy’? Inside Seattle’s first Climate Papa playdate
Oct 4, 2023, 4:30 am By Kate YoderBananas, clementines, and string cheese decorated the table, alongside coloring pages and markers.…Louisiana’s saltwater wedge is a slow-motion disaster
Oct 3, 2023, 4:29 pm By Jake BittleThe Mississippi River is a connected system. If farms dump fertilizer into the river’s tributaries…Cities are struggling with warmer, wetter weather. Better climate models could help.
Oct 3, 2023, 4:30 am By Ashley Stimpson, Nexus Media NewsThis article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and is republished with permission. Growing up…How does climate change threaten your neighborhood? A new map has the details.
Oct 2, 2023, 5:33 pm By Kate YoderIf you’ve been wondering what climate change means for your neighborhood, you’re in luck. The…In Michigan, not-so-sunny prospects for solar farms
Oct 2, 2023, 4:45 am By Izzy RossThis coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in…In Michigan, not-so-sunny prospects for solar farms
Oct 2, 2023, 4:45 am By Izzy RossThis coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in…To reverse a troubling trend, farmers are adding rocks to their fields
Oct 1, 2023, 9:00 am By Ann Leslie Davis, Modern FarmerThis story was originally published in Modern Farmer and is republished here as part of Covering…A warming planet is creating a booming, and dangerous, disaster-restoration industry
Sep 30, 2023, 9:00 am By The Center for Public Integrityby Janelle Retka, Samantha McCabe, Jiahui Huang and María Inés Zamudio, Columbia Journalism…Dianne Feinstein dies, leaving a complicated legacy on climate issues
Sep 29, 2023, 11:35 am By Jake BittleSenator Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 90, leaves behind a long and…After the Flood
Sep 29, 2023, 4:45 am By Michael GersteinThis story was produced through a collaboration between Climate Central, BridgeDetroit, and Grist.…Disaster recovery projects stall nationwide as FEMA runs out of money
Sep 29, 2023, 4:15 am By Jake BittleIt’s been a tough year for residents of Perry County, Kentucky, and the federal government isn’t…
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