Why cooling centers sit empty
Aug 22, 2023, 1:00 pm By Jake Bittle
Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of Record High. I’m Jake Bittle, and today, we’re…Joe Manchin could lose his pivotal Senate seat — to another coal baron
Aug 22, 2023, 8:45 am By Katie Myers
A recent campaign ad targeting West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin shows the centrist Democrat…The next pandemic could strike crops, not people
Aug 22, 2023, 8:30 am By Saima Sidik
Nobody really knows how the fungus Bipolaris maydis got into the cornfields of the United States.…On Maui, returning home means confronting toxic risks
Aug 22, 2023, 8:30 am By Lylla Younes
Steve McQueen walked through the rubble of his neighbor’s home last Friday under the late…A tropical storm in California? Warmer waters and El Niño made it possible.
Aug 21, 2023, 10:32 pm By Naveena SadasivamTropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Mexico and crossed into California over the weekend, knocking…60% of Ecuadorians vote to stop drilling in Amazon rainforest
Aug 21, 2023, 9:42 pm By Joseph WintersIn a historic referendum held over the weekend, Ecuadorian voters said no to oil drilling in a swath…The new ethanol? Biogas producers are pushing livestock poop as renewable.
Aug 21, 2023, 8:45 am By John McCracken
This story was co-published with Popular Science. Electric vehicles are becoming more and more…How 2 communities, separated by an ocean, are working together to manage trash better
Aug 21, 2023, 8:30 am By Whitney Bauck
This story was co-published with Rappler, a Philippines-based online news publication. On a sunny…A community-led approach to prevent flooding expands in Illinois
Aug 20, 2023, 1:00 pm By Maia McDonald
This story was originally published by Borderless. The day before Independence Day, the summer sun…One person stopped California’s divestment from fossil fuels — again
Aug 19, 2023, 1:00 pm By Aaron Cantú, Capital and MainThis story was produced by the nonprofit journalism publication Capital and Main and is republished…Utilities are getting sued over wildfires. Who’s bearing the cost?
Aug 18, 2023, 8:30 am By Jake Bittle
Early in the morning of November 8, 2018, a strong gust of wind blew down a power line owned by…Why it’s more expensive for Black towns to borrow money
Aug 18, 2023, 8:15 am By Jake Bittle
When cities need to raise money for roads and water lines, they have a few options. They can raise…A climate lawsuit won big in Montana. What will it mean for other cases?
Aug 18, 2023, 8:00 am By Akielly Hu
After three years, a climate lawsuit brought by 16 young people against the state of Montana has…Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
Aug 18, 2023, 1:32 am By Anita Hofschneider
David woke suddenly in the mid-afternoon. The 56-year-old chef could hear commotion outside and…In Pennsylvania, state data links fracking to childhood cancer
Aug 17, 2023, 9:14 pm By Lylla YounesAfter dozens of childhood cancer cases surfaced in Southwestern Pennsylvania in 2019, state health…Learning how to garden a forest
Aug 17, 2023, 8:45 am By Kristina Rizga
I will never forget the first time I killed a tree. It was a warm January morning, and my forehead…In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis that never ends
Aug 17, 2023, 8:30 am By Lylla Younes
One year after the water system in Jackson, Mississippi, failed during heavy flooding —…When We Are Ruins, Dance on Us
Aug 17, 2023, 8:00 am By M Jesuthasan
Imagine 2200, Grist’s climate fiction initiative, publishes stories that envision the next 180…Housing on Maui is scarce. Where will fire survivors go?
Aug 17, 2023, 12:21 am By Jake Bittle
When a hurricane or a wildfire strikes the continental United States, survivors tend to spread out…SoCalGas said its natural gas was ‘renewable.’ Now, it’s paying penalties.
Aug 16, 2023, 10:00 pm By Joseph WintersIn 2019, Southern California Gas Company painted a rosy picture of the natural gas it was selling to…
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