Recent
-
![Cars and people on motorbikes driving down a street in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa]()
![Cars and people on motorbikes driving down a street in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa]()
Building sustainable roads in emerging economies
A powerful new approach can help developing countries make road construction and maintenance greener and more affordable.
Grist Creative Sponsored by Global Infrastructure Hub -
![A little girl hugs a man who's sitting on a plastic chair in a sandy yard.]()
![A little girl hugs a man who's sitting on a plastic chair in a sandy yard.]()
Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
-
![Plastic water bottle n beach]()
![Plastic water bottle n beach]()
Plastic credits are supposed to support new cleanup projects. Do they?
Critics say they won’t work, for one of the same reasons carbon credits haven’t.
-
![Three members of the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia look out at a forest in front of them, their backs to the camera.]()
![Three members of the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia look out at a forest in front of them, their backs to the camera.]()
The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.
Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.
Topics
Grist reports on topics like Politics, Energy, Equity, Solutions, and how they intersect with climate. All topics.
Extreme Weather
-
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict
-
Extreme heat led to a Taylor Swift fan’s death in Brazil. Could it have been prevented?
-
Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
-
A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
Indigenous Affairs
-
The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp
-
Still concerned about the Dakota Access pipeline? The feds are asking for comment, 7 years later.
-
New US climate report says land theft and colonization amplify the climate crisis for Indigenous peoples
-
Mercury is still an environmental threat
Staff Picks
View →
-
![]()
The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
-
![illustration in the style of WPA posters of 3 electricians with electric bolts above them; a heat pump and solar panels in the background]()
To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
-
![Tongass 1925x1333]()
The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
-
![An illustration of the Oxbow refinery]()
How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
-
![Abandoned Wells]()
The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
Meet the Fixers
-
![An aerial shot of an industrial facility belching steam.]()
![An aerial shot of an industrial facility belching steam.]()
America’s first ‘enhanced’ geothermal plant just got up and running
Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction.
-
![Flare stack in an oil field]()
![Flare stack in an oil field]()
At COP28, a raft of initiatives to reduce methane includes a long-awaited EPA rule
The EPA rule could trim 2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
-
![An overhead image of an industrial facility next to agricultural fields.]()
![An overhead image of an industrial facility next to agricultural fields.]()
Salton Sea could meet nation’s lithium demand for decades, study finds
The potential of geothermal brine extraction dwarfs the deposits at Thacker Pass in Nevada.
-
![]()
![]()
The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
Watch This
-
![A Palestinian farmer works the land near Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City in May, 2018.]()
![A Palestinian farmer works the land near Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City in May, 2018.]()
Despite war at home, Palestine arrives at global climate conference
At COP28 in Dubai, Palestinian delegates are calling attention to another crisis.
-
![digital collage of aerial photo of landscape and mining machinery with two yellow lines bisecting the two photos]()
![digital collage of aerial photo of landscape and mining machinery with two yellow lines bisecting the two photos]()
An Alaska Native tribal council greenlit a gold mine. Some tribal members aren’t happy.
Some in the Native Village of Tetlin claim their leaders broke tribal laws when agreeing to the Manh Choh mine.
-
![An aerial view of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge spanning the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina.]()
![An aerial view of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge spanning the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina.]()
UN declares PFAS pollution in North Carolina a human rights violation
Its declaration marks the first time the international body has used such a framework to address the threat of “forever chemicals” in the U.S.
-
![]()
![]()
‘Phaseout’ or ‘phasedown’? Why UN climate negotiators obsess over language
Expect heated debates over single words — and even commas — at COP28.
Subscribe
The Beacon
Need a dose of good climate news? Subscribe to The Beacon to receive a weekly roundup of the solutions driving us forward.
Subscribe
The Daily
Want the latest reporting from Grist in your inbox every day? The Daily is a free daily roundup of our top stories.
Subscribe