Climate Accountability
All Stories
-
Shell consultant quits, accusing firm of ‘extreme harms’ to environment
Caroline Dennett tells staff in video she made decision because of ‘double-talk on climate.’
-
![Young climate activists stage rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House on Earth Day on April 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.]()
![Young climate activists stage rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House on Earth Day on April 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.]()
Western courts grapple with climate change
The Western U.S. is a hotspot for young plaintiffs arguing climate change-inducing policies are at odds with state constitutions.
-
![A composite image of Arnette Arjoon and the Guyanese coast.]()
![A composite image of Arnette Arjoon and the Guyanese coast.]()
‘We can’t eat a new road’: Fears over the true cost of Exxon’s oil bonanza in Guyana
A multibillion-dollar deal promising to be an economic boon for Guyana may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners.
-
![collage of cows, money, and a cloud of methane gas]()
![collage of cows, money, and a cloud of methane gas]()
Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?
“California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air.”
-
![]()
![]()
Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Grist: 2021
Reporting back on our commitments.
-
![Protestors march holding a sign that reads]()
![Protestors march holding a sign that reads]()
Environmental justice law in New York could prevent new pollution in hard-hit neighborhoods
The state joins New Jersey in passing toughest legislation in country.
-
![Attorney General Merrick Garland speaking at a podium; Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and EPA administrator Michael Regan standing behind him]()
![Attorney General Merrick Garland speaking at a podium; Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and EPA administrator Michael Regan standing behind him]()
A new Office of Environmental Justice is announced
New Justice Dept. office will take on polluters in hard-hit communities
-
![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year
A new report highlights recycling's failure to keep up with growing volumes of plastic trash.
-
![Collage: dark background with barely visible American flag and a pile of burning trash with smoke rising up and partially obscuring a silhouette of lungs]()
![Collage: dark background with barely visible American flag and a pile of burning trash with smoke rising up and partially obscuring a silhouette of lungs]()
Twice Burned
How the U.S. military’s toxic burn pits are poisoning Americans — overseas and at home
-
![Wildfire smoke obscures the sunrise near Wolf Point, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Wolf Point’s community “rural capacity” score is 52/100, lower than the state median of 58.]()
![Wildfire smoke obscures the sunrise near Wolf Point, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Wolf Point’s community “rural capacity” score is 52/100, lower than the state median of 58.]()
Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants
A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?
