A Pennsylvania town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it
When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion about what was…
The USDA canceled $300M in farm grants, citing fraud. Did it make up the evidence?
Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology…
70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge
This story was originally published by Capital & Main and was republished with permission. At first, he thought it was…
First crypto, now AI: How tech is reshaping this North Carolina town
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina.…
The Supreme Court is deciding whether Roundup, America’s most-used herbicide, needs a cancer warning
Since 2018, when it bought the chemical manufacturer Monsanto, the German conglomerate Bayer has set aside billions to settle legal…
The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.
Since President Donald Trump took office, the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it harder for small and activist investors…
Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
This story is a partnership between Grist and Chicago Public Media, a public media company serving the Chicago metropolitan region.…
This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
For millions of years, the Mississippi River flowed unchecked, carrying roughly 400 million metric tons of sediment down to Louisiana,…
American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press. Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell…
Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune and supported by the Pulitzer Center. Texas will lose out on…