Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away.

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 hours ago

As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar

Land for large solar arrays is limited on the island. Rooftop panels can provide electricity during blackouts and bring the island closer to its clean energy goals. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 1 day ago

Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.

The state still has to figure out how much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate-driven disasters. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change

Lumbee scientist Ryan Emanuel on seeking home, and climate justice, in "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 2 days ago

DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws

While Floridians suffered through record heat, DeSantis signed legislation keeping "windmills off our beaches." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again.

"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again

"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

This enzyme is responsible for life on Earth. It’s a hot mess.

And it’s getting worse with extreme heat. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

The American Climate Corps will get people into green jobs. Can it help their mental health too?

Most young people aren’t sure how to take action. Biden’s program could provide much-needed structure. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry

Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 days ago

How tiny pieces of evidence can reveal giant stories about our world — and ways to make it better

In ‘Proof of Concept,’ the Grist video team shines a spotlight on some surprising environmental research and discoveries. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition

Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?

The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.

They're a little early, thanks to climate change. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 4 days ago

America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.

The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical

Two new reporters will lead the organization's agriculture coverage. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Why we acquired The Counter

A note from Grist's CEO. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Can electric woks produce great stir fry?

Many chefs are asking what a future without gas will mean for culinary traditions like wok cooking. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Can electric woks produce great stir fry?

Many chefs are asking what a future without gas will mean for culinary traditions like wok cooking. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Can the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?

To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades

Could the same be happening to us? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 days ago

Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages

Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages

Harms include severe weather, crop failures and economic hits from lack of ice and snow. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 6 days ago

As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground

The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 7 days ago

A year in, New York’s pioneering public power law makes uneven progress

New York Power Authority is preparing to build state-owned clean energy projects for the first time — but advocates want more transparency. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 8 days ago

In Brazil, unprecedented flooding may force a political reckoning

“This is going to shake the mindsets of voters." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Want to contact the Georgia Public Service Commission? Here’s how.

A guide to interacting with the board that controls energy policy in Georgia. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

The world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.

People depend on forests for food and income. Offset projects can kick them out. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Behind the ‘butter board’: How the dairy industry took over your feed

A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program

The San Jacinto River is a national hotspot for ‘managed retreat,’ but recent floods show how far local officials still have to go. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 9 days ago

The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.

The history of the oil industry is etched into the coral's rocky skeleton. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say

The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

California’s EV wave highlights the challenges ahead for utilities

As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 10 days ago

How ‘15-minute cities’ could save time, reduce emissions, and build community

Carlos Moreno, the scientist behind the concept, wrote a new book to introduce the 15-minute city to a wider audience. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.

Inside the worker-led effort to get the world's most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions

The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water

The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst? | Continue reading


@grist.org | 11 days ago

Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?

When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then re-release them,” Wood said. “And I knew that species really well.” It wasn’t until ye … | Continue reading


@grist.org | 12 days ago

Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.

“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.” | Continue reading


@grist.org | 13 days ago

How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all

The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 14 days ago

Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges

With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 15 days ago

The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%

Century Aluminum Co. hopes half a billion dollars in federal funding will help it revive a dying industry while making it less polluting. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?

In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 16 days ago

The world’s garment workers are on the frontlines of climate impacts

Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t

It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence

Activists appealed to the United Nations for help staving off “disaster capitalism” in the wake of the deadly blaze. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 17 days ago

This spring, DC-area students are planting native flowers — and activating ‘the solarpunk imagination’

A new initiative invited student groups to design and plant gardens that will promote wildlife, and cultivate their visions for the future. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago

UN plastics treaty inches closer to reality as lobbyists tout plastics’ ‘massive societal benefits’

A deal to stop plastic pollution is moving forward, but negotiators can’t agree on whether to produce less of the stuff. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 18 days ago