Toxic tap water: Corroded lead pipes supply water to families throughout Chicago
Oct 26, 2023, 10:00 am By Grist Creative
Gina Ramirez grew up hauling cases of bottled water from the store to her home on Chicago’s South…Landfills in Washington and Oregon leaked ‘explosive’ levels of methane last year
Oct 26, 2023, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
Landfills in Oregon and Washington repeatedly exceeded federal standards for methane emissions last…Community fridges don’t just fight hunger. They’re also a climate solution.
Oct 26, 2023, 4:30 am By Max GrahamDan Zauderer and his in-laws had eaten plenty of pizza one evening in early October, and they still…Hear that? It’s the sound of leaf blower bans.
Oct 25, 2023, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
For more than 100 million years, trees have dropped their leaves every fall, creating a protective…To understand the future of forests in the warming world, look to the bur oak
Oct 25, 2023, 4:30 am By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, the NPR station in…In California, climate chaos looms over prisons — and thousands of prisoners — in a lake bed
Oct 24, 2023, 6:00 am By Susie Cagle
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization…What happens when solar panels wear out?
Oct 24, 2023, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in…New IEA outlook: With renewable energy ‘unstoppable,’ fossil fuels will peak by 2030
Oct 24, 2023, 4:30 am By Naveena SadasivamAs the upcoming United Nations climate conference promises infighting and deadlock, the world’s…The Arctic Ocean is getting louder. Inuit knowledge can help quell the racket.
Oct 23, 2023, 4:00 pm By Anita HofschneiderFor 5,000 years, the Inuit communities of the Arctic have relied upon the ocean and its wildlife to…Biden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis
Oct 23, 2023, 4:45 am By Jake Bittle
Water is hard to come by on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, and it has been for a long time. The…The pope leads 1.4 billion Catholics. Getting them to care about the climate is harder than he thought.
Oct 23, 2023, 4:30 am By Whitney Bauck
If there’s one person in the Catholic Church who ought to have the ability to influence climate…Welcome to Buckeye, the desert city out to surpass Phoenix by importing water
Oct 22, 2023, 9:00 am By Oliver Milman, The Guardian
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…This state employee is scouring the Earth for solutions to combat invasive species in Hawai’i
Oct 21, 2023, 9:00 am By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat
This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat and is republished with permission.…GM agreed to unionize its EV operations. Will others do the same?
Oct 20, 2023, 4:45 am By Katie Myers
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain wore a T-shirt reading “Eat the Rich” and a deadly…Hurricane Ian stirred up flesh-eating bacteria in Florida
Oct 20, 2023, 4:30 am By Zoya Teirstein
Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida as a category 4 storm in September last year, killing…UN countries agreed to support climate reparations. Now they’re deadlocked on the details.
Oct 19, 2023, 4:59 pm By Naveena SadasivamAt the United Nations’ annual climate change conference in Egypt last year, bleary-eyed…Water protectors in Hawaiʻi took on the U.S. military and won
Oct 19, 2023, 3:06 pm By Anita HofschneiderOn Monday, the U.S. military began draining jet fuel from 20 World War II-era storage tanks in…Proposed regulations offer hope for communities battling petrochemical pollution
Oct 19, 2023, 11:02 am By Grist CreativeIn Port Arthur, a small city located east of Houston along the Gulf of Mexico, a majority of…Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
Oct 19, 2023, 4:45 am By Jana Cholakovska
This story is co-published with The Guardian and produced in partnership with the Toni Stabile…The US electric grid is getting a $3.5 billion upgrade
Oct 18, 2023, 6:44 pm By Joseph WintersThe Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that it would funnel $3.46 billion toward upgrading…
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