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…
Trump’s EPA vows to fight ‘forever chemicals’ by easing regulations
The Trump administration has announced what it is calling “a major step forward” in the fight against a class of…
Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.…
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…
Republicans deployed a little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining
Minnesota’s Boundary Waters comprise a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada, with over a million acres of untouched forest and…
Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?
Last month, President Trump sat alongside executives of the largest tech companies in the country as they pledged to pay…
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
The Endangered Species Act is the bedrock law that protects threatened plants and animals in the United States, and in…
Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash
Frappuccino lovers, rejoice: Your plastic to-go cups are now “widely recyclable.” That’s according to an announcement made in February by…