How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.…
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week…
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in Congress started gutting the Inflation…
Diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarcticas’ vanishing sea ice
Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the floating sea…
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…
A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season
The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week, where it flooded homes,…
‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia
Daria Egereva was supposed to be in New York next week. The Indigenous Selkup climate advocate was expected to return…
Many companies want clean energy. Georgia Power will soon let them build it.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Many corporations have pledged to…
New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers
The day’s forecast called for high winds, but around midday in downtown Manhattan, it felt like a perfect spring day.…
How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up
When President Donald Trump talks about climate change, he often recycles one well-known, shaky argument: that doing anything about it…
The skylines of the future will be made of wood
Picture yourself in a wind-swept forest. Leaves are rustling and trunks are creaking as trees sway to and fro. This…
In Nebraska, wildfires are turning cattle ranching into a tricky business
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom…
Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry
Last month, climate scientist and author Kate Marvel resigned from her position at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where…
How EVs could solve a problem with America’s rickety grid
There’s a technology sitting idle in garages and driveways across America that provides a solution to its own potential problem.…
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…
The Iran war is changing how millions of people cook — and what they eat
About a decade ago, India’s government began subsidizing the purchase of liquid petroleum gas, or LPG, to promote greater adoption…
One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’s energy future
In a country characterized by antiquated systems for regulating how electricity is produced and transported to homes and businesses, one…
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…
Pocket gardens: The tiny urban oases with surprisingly big benefits
It’s not just easy to miss, but often downright hard to notice. A simple patch of greenery in a city…
Texas saw a $50B future in renewables. Then the political winds shifted.
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Observer. On an unseasonably warm January day, Duff Hallman’s…