Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
May 8, 2024, 4:45 am By Maddie Stone
For nearly a decade, Holly Alpine (née Beale) loved working at Microsoft. Shortly after finishing…One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
May 8, 2024, 4:30 am By Lylla Younes
A quarter of the annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from electricity…The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water.
May 8, 2024, 4:00 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Every email you send has a home. Every uploaded file, web search, and social media post does, too.…Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
May 7, 2024, 4:45 am By Jesse Nichols
When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long…Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
May 6, 2024, 4:45 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj…How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
May 5, 2024, 9:00 am By Amy Green, Inside Climate News
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of…Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
May 4, 2024, 9:00 am By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas TribuneThis story was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%
May 3, 2024, 4:45 am By Maddie Stone
Aluminum is a crucial raw ingredient in the fight against climate change. But to ensure the…Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?
May 3, 2024, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit…The world’s garment workers are on the frontlines of climate impacts
May 2, 2024, 4:45 am By Louise Donovan
This story is published in partnership with The Fuller Project. As Nour feeds another half-finished…New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t
May 2, 2024, 4:30 am By Kate Yoder
A congressional hearing on the fossil fuel industry’s “evolving efforts to avoid accountability…After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence
May 2, 2024, 4:15 am By Anita Hofschneider
On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency…This spring, DC-area students are planting native flowers — and activating ‘the solarpunk imagination’
May 1, 2024, 11:24 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The spotlight Tending a garden is about as hands-on as climate solutions get. On a basic level,…UN plastics treaty inches closer to reality as lobbyists tout plastics’ ‘massive societal benefits’
May 1, 2024, 11:06 am By Joseph Winters
Negotiators wrapped up the fourth round of formal discussions over the United Nations’ global…What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?
May 1, 2024, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
For several months last year, patrons of a Seattle coffee shop called Tailwind Cafe had the option…EPA finally takes on abandoned coal ash ponds — but it might be too late
May 1, 2024, 4:30 am By Gautama Mehta
Last week, the EPA released a suite of long-awaited rules meant to cut down the carbon that the U.S.…The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions.
4:45am By Kate Yoder
This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with Fast Company. When office workers stopped…Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Mon 4:45am By Kate Yoder
About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot, even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve…The world agreed to create a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part.
Mon 4:30am By Naveena Sadasivam
After three decades of work, advocates for developing countries scored a major win at last year’s…US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Mon 4:00am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
In 2016, Tony Spaniola received a notice informing him that his family shouldn’t drink water drawn…
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