Climate Accountability

This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along.

On the sleepy shores of New York’s Seneca Lake, a cryptocurrency company is showing how Bitcoin can keep fossil fuel use alive.

How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress

Other utilities could do the same.

2 years after passing a landmark climate law, New York has no plan to fund it

Governor Cuomo just approved the largest budget in New York history — and it has virtually no new funding to help meet the state's emissions goals.

Is your home in a flood-prone zone? In most states, you won’t find out until after you buy.

A dearth of flood disclosure laws is creating false real estate markets across the U.S.

There are massive chemical dumps in the Gulf we know almost nothing about

In the 1970s, the EPA allowed chemical companies to dump toxic waste into the deep sea. Now, oil giants are drilling right on top of it.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion at Grist: 2020

Where we’re at and where we’re going.

Lobbying for good? New campaign asks Big Tech to push for bold climate action

The top five U.S. tech firms devote very few resources to lobbying for climate policy, but a new employee-driven campaign could change that.

Can a pipeline company defy a governor’s orders? Gretchen Whitmer is about to find out.

The ongoing battle between North America's largest mover of oil, Enbridge Energy, and the state of Michigan.

The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells

These companies’ deforestation promises went up in flames

Deforestation was supposed to end in 2020. Instead, it hit a 12-year high.