Ken Paxton may be impeached, but his anti-environment legacy will live on
Sep 5, 2023, 8:45 am By Naveena Sadasivam
It was the winter of 2015 and Ken Paxton, the newly elected attorney general of Texas, stood before…In a small French town where Houston-based LyondellBasell is a fixture, residents complain of unending pollution
Sep 5, 2023, 8:30 am By Nazmul Ahasan
This story was co-published with Public Health Watch and Houston Landing. People living on the east…Why the United States undercounts climate-driven deaths
Sep 5, 2023, 8:15 am By Zoya Teirstein
This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how —…Under new state law, Texas will bill electric vehicle drivers an extra $200 a year
Sep 4, 2023, 1:00 pm By Emily Foxhall, The Texas TribuneThis story was originally published by the Texas Tribune, a nonpartisan newsroom informing and…Why the Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind auction wasn’t a smash hit
Sep 3, 2023, 1:00 pm By Maria Gallucci
This story was originally published by Canary Media and is republished with permission. The Biden…‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline
Sep 2, 2023, 1:00 pm By Nina Lakhani, The Guardian
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Global…‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis
Sep 1, 2023, 9:30 pm By Lylla YounesIn a major victory for the people of south Memphis, a plant that uses carcinogenic ethylene oxide to…Beef guzzlers: 12% of Americans eat half of the country’s cow meat
Sep 1, 2023, 8:45 am By Max GrahamIt’s a truth universally acknowledged that Americans love to stuff their faces with cow meat.…As the UN designs a new carbon market, experts call for a different approach
Sep 1, 2023, 8:30 am By Joseph Winters
Back in 2015, when 174 countries and the European Union came together to finalize the Paris…Forget eco-activists: This climate novel stars an oil industry shill
Sep 1, 2023, 8:30 am By Jake BittleWhen people think about “climate fiction,” they tend to imagine the speculative sci-fi of…Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells
Aug 31, 2023, 7:25 pm By Anita HofschneiderA new study found trace amounts of nuclear waste in sea turtles in the Marshall Islands and five…As winters warm, the citrus industry squeezes into Georgia
Aug 31, 2023, 8:45 am By Emily Jones
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with WABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent…Even the bayous of Louisiana are now threatened by wildfires
Aug 31, 2023, 8:30 am By Lylla YounesMike Strain, the commissioner who runs the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, stared…Electrifying your home is about to get a lot cheaper
Aug 31, 2023, 8:15 am By Tik RootMaking homes more efficient and more electric is critical to combating climate change. But the…‘You can’t survive this’: Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida’s most vulnerable coast
Aug 30, 2023, 2:51 pm By Jake BittleThis year’s first major hurricane made landfall early Wednesday morning, bringing…Hip hop has been a climate voice for 50 years. Why haven’t more people noticed?
Aug 30, 2023, 8:45 am By Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Under the New York’s Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, through a set of doors wedged between a…Invasive species have created a cycle of wildfire in Hawaiʻi. Can Maui break it?
Aug 30, 2023, 8:30 am By Zoya Teirstein
In April 2016, a wildfire burned 2,000 acres of Minnewaska State Park, a nature preserve in New…Exxon says global climate goals are destined to fail
Aug 29, 2023, 11:28 pm By Lyric AquinoExxon Mobil projected that greenhouse-gas emissions and the efforts to keep the planet’s…The race to replace derogatory place names
Aug 29, 2023, 2:15 pm By Grist Creative
In May, a homecoming took place 3,000 feet below the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Since the U.S.…Extreme Heat 101: Your guide to staying safe and keeping cool
Aug 29, 2023, 10:45 am By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how —…
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