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Gristby Katie Worth20 Aug 2026
Had Florida’s high school marine biology students read the original draft of their textbook, they would have learned about research that found climate change is killing at least 150,000 people per...
Gristby Ellis Juhlin19 Aug 2026
The Trump administration is proposing to rescind the “roadless rule,” a 25-year-old policy that bars development like road construction and logging on nearly 45 million acres of national forest...
Gristby Benton Graham19 Aug 2026
On Charlie Hamilton’s regular Amtrak rides from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, he passes some of the country’s most spectacular vistas: the Puget Sound coast and the...
Gristby Vivian La19 Aug 2026
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. The U.S.
Gristby Matt Simon19 Aug 2026
Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in the scorching desert thanks to the Nile River, which delivered fresh water and annual dumps of nutrient-rich sediment.
Gristby Matt Simon18 Aug 2026
California has a good problem. As it scrambles to deploy more solar panels and wind turbines, it is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality while hitting the challenge of...
Gristby Emily Jones18 Aug 2026
Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what...
Gristby Jake Bittle18 Aug 2026
We tend to imagine that experiencing the effects of global warming will wake people up to the problem.
Gristby Tik Root17 Aug 2026
California just became the first state to address a problem most people don’t know they have: inefficient tires.
Gristby Tik Root17 Aug 2026
Sales of used electric vehicles continued their surge in July, jumping 7.7 percent from June and 10.1 percent compared to last year, according to data Cox Automotive released today.
Gristby Leia Larsen17 Aug 2026
Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation into the mining company Energy Fuels after its CEO and chairman bought thousands of shares of the company’s stock just days before President...
Gristby Maya Yang, The Guardian16 Aug 2026
The Trump administration has pulled its support for an annual report on the environmental changes across the Arctic, a region that is already heating up four times faster than the global average...
Gristby Molly Taft, WIRED15 Aug 2026
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The emissions from powering data centers rightly get a lot of attention.
Gristby Sachi Kitajima Mulkey14 Aug 2026
Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question.
Gristby Frida Garza14 Aug 2026
July was the hottest month on record in the United States, with three heat domes — slow-moving, high-pressure systems that trap heat and humidity in place — afflicting large swaths of the country.
Gristby Tristan Ahtone13 Aug 2026
In May of 2017, Juan Mancias became an overnight sensation in France. Standing over 6 feet tall with a mane of salt-and-pepper hair, a medicine wheel-emblazoned ribbon shirt, beaded belt, and...
Gristby Tristan Ahtone13 Aug 2026
In 2017, Juan Mancias, the chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, traveled to France to help pressure two of the country’s largest banks into divesting from oil and gas projects in South...
Gristby Ellis Juhlin13 Aug 2026
Researchers have found that the amount of green space and shade in a neighborhood can significantly shape temperatures.
Gristby Kate Yoder12 Aug 2026
Matthew LaPlante doesn’t have to go to a lab to see his research in action. On some mornings, he can just look out his own window in the mountains high above Salt Lake City.
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