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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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Distorted — October 28, 2026
Join Grist and Climate Central for a conversation about truth and trust in the age of climate disasters
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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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![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to use.
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![A shallow river, viewed from over a concrete barrier, flows through a dirt channel lined by trees and bare earth.]()
![A shallow river, viewed from over a concrete barrier, flows through a dirt channel lined by trees and bare earth.]()
Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
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![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.
