Hawaii needs to build hundreds more miles of firebreaks to protect against wildfire
Sep 17, 2023, 9:00 am By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat
This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat and is republished with permission.…Extreme heat is linked to higher risk of life-threatening delivery complications for pregnant people
Sep 16, 2023, 9:00 am By Jessica Kutz, The 19th
This story was originally published by The 19th and is republished with permission. Pregnant people…‘It’s gigantic:’ Hurricane Lee heads for New England and Atlantic Canada
Sep 15, 2023, 2:15 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Hurricane Lee, a mammoth peak-season storm in the Atlantic, is making a beeline for New England and…This tax tweak is supercharging Biden’s climate agenda
Sep 15, 2023, 4:45 am By Tik RootTucked deep within President Biden’s landmark climate bill sits a seemingly small tweak to IRS…How climate change contributed to the staggering flood death toll in Libya
Sep 14, 2023, 8:34 pm By Siri ChilukuriCatastrophic flooding earlier this week in Libya killed at least 10,000 people, with more than…Is it time for the world to take a siesta?
Sep 14, 2023, 4:30 am By Siri Chilukuri
This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how —…A simple way to make electric cars more accessible: Share them
Sep 14, 2023, 4:30 am By Syris Valentine
Gloria Huerta remembers the day she spent hours hopping between Chevy Bolts, messing with SIM cards…FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities
Sep 14, 2023, 4:15 am By Jake BittleThough the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is best known for disaster response, it has…In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days
Sep 13, 2023, 4:43 pm By Lyric AquinoOver the last decade, nearly 2,000 land and environment defenders have been killed around the world,…How cities are working to improve ‘tree equity’
Sep 13, 2023, 11:23 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The vision “We know that there are actual real-life impacts between communities that don’t have…A transgenic American chestnut tree is coming. Who is it for?
Sep 13, 2023, 4:45 am By Maya L. Kapoor
This story was co-published with Native News Online. When Neil Patterson Jr. was about 7 or 8 years…The fight for worker safety protection heats up at the Phoenix airport
Sep 13, 2023, 4:30 am By kmyersThis story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how…Study: Lead exposure killed more than 5 million people in just one year
Sep 12, 2023, 5:43 pm By Naveena SadasivamThere is no safe level of lead. The naturally occurring metal is so toxic that the Environmental…What would happen if the world cut meat and milk consumption in half?
Sep 12, 2023, 2:35 pm By Max GrahamCows are often described as climate-change criminals because of how much planet-warming methane they…How community feedback can improve the green energy transition
Sep 12, 2023, 10:00 am By Grist Creative
When Mike Quigley heard about a new energy transmission line the federal government was considering…The end of summer vacation
Sep 12, 2023, 9:00 am By Jake Bittle
Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of Record High. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re…A look inside the plan to store carbon at the bottom of the Black Sea
Sep 12, 2023, 4:45 am By James Jackson
Whenever Ram Amar explains his idea for mitigating climate change, people usually look at him…Their water is undrinkable. So these West Texas residents have taken matters into their own hands.
Sep 12, 2023, 4:30 am By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas TribuneThis story was first published by the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…2023 has already broken the US record for billion-dollar climate disasters
Sep 11, 2023, 5:53 pm By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Four months before the close of 2023, the United States has already broken its record for the number…Companies are claiming to be ‘plastic neutral.’ Is it greenwashing?
Sep 11, 2023, 4:45 am By Joseph Winters
For years, companies have been trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions with carbon credits.…
- Visit Grist at grist.org
- Bookmark and Share
- Grist RSS Feed
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.


