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As extreme heat worsens, renters are gaining a ‘right to cooling’
New laws are treating cooling as a necessity rather than a luxury, though what landlords must provide varies widely.
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![Will Lawrence speaks at the Mason city council data center town hall in September of 2026.]()
![Will Lawrence speaks at the Mason city council data center town hall in September of 2026.]()
The Michigan climate candidate courting opponents of Big Solar
Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence is navigating backlash against data centers — and clean energy — in his bid for Congress.
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![Aerial view of a glacier]()
Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how.
The "Doomsday Glacier" could drown coastlines around the world. And the outlook is getting worse.
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![teenagers protesting for climate action in Canada]()
Climate change rarely goes on trial. This one could be a landmark.
Fifteen young Canadians say their government’s failure to curb emissions violates their constitutional right to life, liberty, and security.
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Energy
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Trump vowed to stop an ‘energy emergency.’ Then he created a real one.
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A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
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Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.
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Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America
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![a choropleth map of Chicago showing various shades of red indicating lead service pipe density by neighborhood]()
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
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![digital collage of photo of damaged house, man looking at bills and covering his mouth, with red jagged cutouts showing invoice details on top]()
First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
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![illustration of earth with wind turbines, solar panels, a ship, an excavator and protesters, with bottom of half of earth filled with chunks of minerals]()
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
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They survived the hurricane. Their insurance company didn’t.
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Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
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Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
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How to track disaster spending in your community
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California has a plan for El Niño’s torrential rain: Save it for later
Historically, the phenomenon has walloped the Golden State with deluges. Here's how it will capture and store that bounty for the dry years ahead.
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![Two people holding an umbrella over them walking in front of a red building]()
Higher temperatures fuel gun violence. Now we know how much is from climate change.
A new Climate Central analysis measures how many shooting incidents are linked to rising heat.
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![A young woman and a young man speak to an older man outside of his house]()
![A young woman and a young man speak to an older man outside of his house]()
For Black voters, climate action means little without relief from rising costs
Concerns about utility bills, data centers, and pollution show why Black Americans want action from elected officials.
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![a grocery store butcher walks by the meat aisle holding three slabs of meat]()
![a grocery store butcher walks by the meat aisle holding three slabs of meat]()
The planet’s vital signs are getting worse. One of the easiest fixes is your diet.
A lot of climate change is beyond the control of individuals alone, but how you eat can matter more than you may think.
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![A woman and a toddler cool off in a mist of water during a heatwave in Germany.]()
![A woman and a toddler cool off in a mist of water during a heatwave in Germany.]()
Europe’s hottest summer ever was also its deadliest — by far
Researchers estimate that more than 50,000 people died as five heat waves swept the continent — with two-thirds of those deaths attributable to climate change.
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![Collage of smokestacks, ad snippets, family beside a car, and woman pulling a pan out of the oven]()
![Collage of smokestacks, ad snippets, family beside a car, and woman pulling a pan out of the oven]()
The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream
From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it.
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![A miniature house made of wood with a cutaway to rooms like a dollhouse. The cutaway shows an attitc with insulation, a bedroom, a kitchen, a living room, and a bathroom. The house sits on a green screen replaced background with blue skies and clouds.]()
![A miniature house made of wood with a cutaway to rooms like a dollhouse. The cutaway shows an attitc with insulation, a bedroom, a kitchen, a living room, and a bathroom. The house sits on a green screen replaced background with blue skies and clouds.]()
Fossil fuels are hiding all over your house. We built a model home to show how.
Tour our miniature dream house to see how oil and gas became part of everyday products.
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![A technician installs solar panels in South Africa]()
![A technician installs solar panels in South Africa]()
Soaring oil prices underscore the need to help poor countries adopt renewables
Without central planning or public resources, people in developing countries are pursuing an ad hoc energy transition.
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