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2022-05-18
Grist View In: Grist Could commercially viable and tasty perennial crops like Kernza be regenerative agriculture's holy grail?
2022-05-18
Grist View In: Grist How energy disclosure could help lower renters' utility bills and tackle climate change.
2022-05-18
Grist View In: Grist World governments have made "strikingly little effort" to solve the problem.
2022-05-18
Grist View In: Grist Amid tightening protest laws, the activist is appealing a district court’s ruling applying a “terrorism enhancement” to her sentence.
2022-05-19
Grist View In: Grist The strategy "fails to disrupt our fossil gas habits."
2022-05-19
Grist View In: Grist Public safety vs. climate action: The battle over the Big Apple's rules for buildings.
2022-05-19
Grist View In: Grist Solar tariffs were supposed to save the U.S. solar industry. They slowed it down instead.
2022-05-19
Grist View In: Grist “California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air.”
2022-05-17
Grist View In: Grist Cheap poultry for markets, restaurants and pets comes at the expense of Indigenous peoples in Brazil.
2022-05-16
Grist View In: Grist Because most of the systems aren’t yet on the market, there’s precious little real-world data proving they work.
2022-05-16
Grist View In: Grist States and the federal government can do more to protect homebuyers, like reforming flood disclosure laws.
2022-05-14
Grist View In: Grist For one Māori community, a board game sparked serious discussions about flood risk.
2022-05-13
Grist View In: Grist At least 13 states allow drilling waste to be used for road de-icing, dust suppression, and maintenance.
2022-05-13
Grist View In: Grist Despite urgent need to halt new development, the Interior Department cites a 'lack of industry interest.'
2022-05-13
Grist View In: Grist A new report calls on rich countries to provide immediate relief.
2022-05-12
Grist View In: Grist A draft plan says it could be done by 2045, but only with the help of significant carbon capture projects.
2022-05-12
Grist View In: Grist Communities near polluting sites tend to be disproportionately lower income and people of color — populations that are more likely to need abortion care in the first place.
2022-05-11
Grist View In: Grist States waited too long to decarbonize, and now they have to make tough choices.
2022-05-10
2022-05-10
Grist View In: Grist The Philippines lays out a plan for addressing climate change — and holding the biggest polluters accountable.
2022-05-10
Grist View In: Grist These Republican states are passing clean energy bills in the name of freedom and economics.
2022-05-09
Grist View In: Grist At the close of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, leaders call for 'enhanced participation' at the international level.
2022-05-09
Grist View In: Grist The state joins New Jersey in passing toughest legislation in country.
2022-05-09
Grist View In: Grist These heating/cooling systems have been called the "most overlooked climate solution." Now they can work in temperatures far below freezing.
2022-05-06
Grist View In: Grist New Justice Dept. office will take on polluters in hard-hit communities
2022-05-04
Grist View In: Grist A new report highlights recycling's failure to keep up with growing volumes of plastic trash.
2022-05-05
Grist View In: Grist Advocates call on countries like Mexico to employ Indigenous staff at consulates.
2022-05-05
Grist View In: Grist The Texas project will be the first to bury carbon offshore in the U.S.
2022-05-05
Grist View In: Grist State and federal lawmakers pitch spending billions to scale up a nascent industry with an uncertain business model.
2022-05-04
Grist View In: Grist Conservation efforts in Kenya displaced hundreds of Indigenous people. Can there be justice for stolen lands and culture?
2022-05-04
Grist View In: Grist How the U.S. military’s toxic burn pits are poisoning Americans — overseas and at home
2022-05-02
Grist View In: Grist Without US representation, the Taíno advocate for environmental justice and cultural preservation internationally.
2022-05-02
Grist View In: Grist 7 factors driving the switch to electric vehicles.
2022-05-03
Grist View In: Grist A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?
2022-05-03
Grist View In: Grist One of the world's first government-run underwater carbon offset programs is coming to the Caribbean.
2022-04-29
Grist View In: Grist The state's attorney general argues fossil fuel companies have long known recycling is a "myth."
2022-04-29
Grist View In: Grist Bioethanol has been touted as a green way to cut reliance on Russian oil. But new modeling suggests it isn't the climate solution we'd hoped for.
2022-04-29
Grist View In: Grist Under pressure from shareholders, Big Tech is finally making device repair easier.
2022-04-27
Grist View In: Grist Free, prior, and informed consent is the gold standard of Indigenous rights, but Indigenous leaders say it’s rarely enforced.
2022-04-27
Grist View In: Grist A warning that the damage done to the land threatens many species, including our own.
2022-04-27
Grist View In: Grist The 'White Hot' retailer helped shape the notion that 'to get back to nature, Americans needed to go shopping first.'
2022-04-27
Grist View In: Grist In 2015, the average price paid for an EV was around $36,000. Now, it's over $63,000.
2022-04-26
Grist View In: Grist In his campaign, Emmanuel Macron vowed to turn France into a "great environmental nation.” As president, he still has a lot to prove.
2022-04-26
Grist View In: Grist Under a new energy code, most new commercial and large multifamily buildings will have to install heat pumps.
2022-04-25
Grist View In: Grist Civil suit against legacy polluters aims to help frontline community with groundwater contamination.
2022-04-25
Grist View In: Grist The international forum provides an opportunity for communities from across the globe to meet. Here's what's on the table.
2022-04-22
Grist View In: Grist The fossil-fuel expansion could help pass climate legislation down the line -- or lock in more emissions.
2022-04-22
Grist View In: Grist Europe may need Russian nickel to meet its climate goals — and Indigenous activists may need Europe to hold a Russian mining giant to account.
2022-04-22
Grist View In: Grist The order contains vague language around logging, disappointing some environmentalists calling for a ban on the practice on federal lands.
2022-04-23
Grist View In: Grist The Ohio River Valley is wrestling with whether to tie its fortunes to another toxic, boom-and-bust industry.
2022-04-21
Grist View In: Grist A new report finds your dollar store savings may come with a big health cost.
2022-04-21
Grist View In: Grist A new ordinance will require thousands of restaurants to use compostables or recyclables by 2023.
2022-04-21
Grist View In: Grist Together, they're generating more solar power than the entire country did a decade ago.
2022-04-21
Grist View In: Grist State regulators shuttered the AltEn plant in 2021 after years of environmental violations. Residents are just beginning to grapple with its toxic legacy.
2022-04-20
Grist View In: Grist Wait times to connect to the grid are going up, and more projects are dropping out in the process.
2022-04-20
Grist View In: Grist Premiums are ballooning in states like Florida and Louisiana — and adaptation measures won't bring costs back down.
2022-04-19
Grist View In: Grist How a newly rebranded company is helping the environment by repurposing used electronic devices like smartphones and laptops.
2022-04-19
Grist View In: Grist The changes to the National Environmental Policy Act reverse Trump-era rollbacks, impacting projects from roads to railways to pipelines.
2022-04-19
Grist View In: Grist Tracy Stone-Manning discusses how the federal agency sees conservation, the climate crisis, and the Indigenous history of public lands.
2022-04-19
Grist View In: Grist Experts say the mines lead to murder, deforestation, pollution, and other crimes against Indigenous people in Brazil.
2022-04-18
Grist View In: Grist Electric school buses could greatly reduce students’ exposure to diesel emissions.
2022-04-18
Grist View In: Grist Meet the Ojibwe attorney fighting a Line 3 expansion that threatens Indigenous rights and the environment
2022-04-15
Grist View In: Grist A watchdog group alleges "rampant" violations of international law.
2022-04-15
Grist View In: Grist New research sheds light on the Global Climate Coalition’s efforts to block legislation.
2022-04-11
Grist View In: Grist A band of 20-year-olds have made headlines disrupting football games, the Baftas, and now oil facilities across the UK. But what do they want?
2022-04-11
Grist View In: Grist Rural communities are concerned about losing agricultural land in a region long-defined by its farming roots.
2022-04-11
Grist View In: Grist A new report reveals how U.S. agencies and conservation organizations have supported the violence.
2022-04-12
Grist View In: Grist Sierra snowpack — which provides a third of California's water supply — is at 38 percent of where it usually is this time of year.
2022-04-12
Grist View In: Grist Complaints allege that industrial facilities have discharged “excessive levels” of carcinogenic chemicals in a majority-Black community.
2022-04-13
Grist View In: Grist A new study reveals the link between structural racism and pollution.
2022-04-13
Grist View In: Grist If the coral were to disappear, it wouldn’t be long before Brazil's Porto de Galinhas would fade away too.
2022-04-14
2022-04-14
Grist View In: Grist But 1.5 degrees, the world’s most ambitious goal, still looks out of reach.
2022-04-14
Grist View In: Grist Price spikes alone don't change our driving habits — but an increase in the gas tax might.
2022-04-14
Grist View In: Grist Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?
2022-04-07
Grist View In: Grist Beyond the environmental impacts, a clean energy transition can provide financial and health benefits too.
2022-04-07
Grist View In: Grist Uncontrolled gas leaks and flaring are pushing the planet toward catastrophe.
2022-04-08
Grist View In: Grist The IPCC's latest report finally recognizes the social barriers to climate action.
2022-04-08
2022-04-09
Grist View In: Grist Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with “produced water,” the board’s own panel of experts conceded.
2022-04-06
Grist View In: Grist Human rights advocates faced hundreds of attacks last year. Opposition to mining was most dangerous.
2022-04-06
Grist View In: Grist Hydrofluoric acid can form a deadly cloud of gas that can travel for miles.
2022-04-07
Grist View In: Grist Environmental regulators are "trying to do the bare minimum by throwing something through Google Translate,” one advocate said.
2022-04-07
Grist View In: Grist Could nuclear power help break Europe's dependency on Russian gas?
2022-04-07
Grist View In: Grist For 30 years, the debate has largely ignored the soaring costs of inaction.
2022-04-05
Grist View In: Grist The war in Ukraine has the U.S. looking for fertilizer at home. But at what cost?
2022-04-05
Grist View In: Grist “Let’s face it, this is California: $100 million goes nowhere.”
2022-04-04
Grist View In: Grist The return of the land is "a historic victory for conservation and racial justice."
2022-04-04
Grist View In: Grist The Louisiana city’s stalled hurricane recovery reveals the limits of federal disaster policy.
2022-04-04
Grist View In: Grist Climate panel calls for "rapid and deep" transition away from fossil fuels.
2022-03-31
Grist View In: Grist The 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan sets a path to decarbonize transportation, the oil and gas sector, and more.
2022-03-31
Grist View In: Grist Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
2022-04-01
Grist View In: Grist You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.