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![Illustration of a person with curly hair surrounded by a halo of swirling colors, looking out over a desert-scape]()
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Stasis
A desert dweller undergoes a rapid and enlightening metamorphosis to survive the seasonal migration.
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The power of climate fiction and the ethos of Imagine 2200
A note from Grist's Imagine 2200 creative manager on the importance of hopeful, authentic climate fiction storytelling.
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![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
Oil companies used to run this town. Now they’re back — to mine for lithium.
Fossil fuel companies are turning to rural communities for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears.
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Bottom trawling shreds the seafloor. It may also be a huge source of carbon emissions.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
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![Smoke billows from a large power plant with two huge cooling towers set next to a pond.]()
‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news
A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.
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Why humans are putting ‘coal’ and ‘oil’ back in the ground
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
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A decades-long battle against North Carolina’s largest landfill is ramping up
“There is not a house in this community that has not had a person who has suffered from some type of cancer or kidney failure.”
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![A mobile FEMA information center in Fort Myers following Hurricane Ian in 2022.]()
![A mobile FEMA information center in Fort Myers following Hurricane Ian in 2022.]()
FEMA to overhaul its disaster aid system after decades of criticism
The agency will offer upfront cash payments to disaster survivors and slash some of its infamous red tape.
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How climate disasters hurt adolescents’ mental health
Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.
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How an oil boom in North Dakota led to a boom in evictions
New study links surge of oil workers to long-term residents losing their homes.
