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A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.
A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage.
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Desperate for shade on your walk? There’s (almost) an app for that.
By mapping shade, a new online tool calculates the best way to stroll a city without overheating.
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The US military is spending big on critical minerals
Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.
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Inside the government’s push to divert Puerto Rico solar funds to a bankrupt utility
Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism."
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Georgia is losing farmland fast. Is a state conservation fund enough to save it?
A development rush is expected to convert 10 percent of farmland into housing or industrial sites over the next 15 years.
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Grist partners with KERA to fund climate reporter
The new hire will cover climate impacts in West and North Texas for local and national audiences.
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Grist hires Austin Corona to cover energy
The D.C.-based journalist will spend the next year as a staff reporter.
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The ‘super El Niño’ is here. What happens next could upend food systems worldwide.
How the cyclical weather pattern interacts with climate change could spark hunger around the world.
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Grist hires Sachi Kitajima Mulkey as staff reporter
Mulkey will cover the intersection of climate change, policy, politics, and culture.
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Even $75M from Trump may not save Oakland’s embattled coal terminal
The federal funding is the latest twist in a decade-long saga to build a terminal in Oakland, California, that can export U.S. coal overseas.
