What a heat-proof city could look like
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The spotlight Last week, Grist published a special multimedia project exploring the many tools that…How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
Oct 11, 2023, 4:45 am By Maria Parazo Rose
This story is co-published with Arizona Luminaria and is part of The Human Cost of Conservation, a…What happens when America’s flood insurance market goes underwater?
Oct 11, 2023, 4:30 am By Lois Parshley
This story is the second in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing…Cooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it has a solution.
Oct 11, 2023, 4:15 am By Max Graham
First there was lard. For at least 200 years, a great many Americans fried their potatoes in pork…California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws
Oct 10, 2023, 5:04 pm By Katie MyersOn Saturday, California governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental…Why Indigenous youth are gathering in Oslo to fight a green energy project
Oct 10, 2023, 4:02 pm By Elisabeth Rasmussen
The lavvu is set up in the traditional way: three, debarked birch rods holding up a cloth exterior.…As climate risks mount, the insurance safety net is collapsing
Oct 10, 2023, 4:45 am By Lois Parshley
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…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…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…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…
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