As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing
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This story is the first in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing…As heat-related deaths rise, a new program puts community clinics on the front lines
Oct 10, 2023, 4:30 am By Zoya Teirstein
This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how —…Backyard sewage and parasitic disease: EPA opens civil rights probe in Alabama
Oct 10, 2023, 4:15 am By Lylla YounesSewage collecting in crudely dug trenches. Failing septic tanks that send waste bubbling into…In Texas, oilfield companies helped to craft new waste rules for 2 years before the public got to see them
Oct 9, 2023, 9:00 am By Erin Douglas
This story was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…A gas storage plant and new pipeline disrupt life in this Black community
Oct 8, 2023, 9:00 am By Adam Mahoney, Capital B
This story was originally published by Capital B. With their heads bowed, eyes shut, and hands…Grid batteries have never been more abundant — or more useful
Oct 7, 2023, 9:00 am By Julian Spector, Canary MediaThis story was originally published by Canary Media. For years, grid batteries couldn’t get much…Energy Department backs solar loans for low-income Puerto Ricans
Oct 6, 2023, 5:47 pm By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Puerto Rico is in the midst of a residential-solar surge, one catalyzed by concerns over an…Offshore wind turbines need rare earth metals. Will there be enough to go around?
Oct 6, 2023, 4:45 am By Maddie Stone
For more than a decade, an Australian company called Arafura Rare Earths has been looking for…Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere
Oct 6, 2023, 4:30 am By Jake Bittle
As Arizona struggles to adapt to a water shortage that has dried out farms and scuttled development…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, Floodlight
This 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 Bittle
This 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 Chilukuri
The 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 Chilukuri
Every 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 Yoder
Bananas, 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 Bittle
The Mississippi River is a connected system. If farms dump fertilizer into the river’s tributaries…
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