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Grist teams up with Here & Now on weekly radio partnership
NPR and WBUR will feature Grist's climate coverage on the national program every week.
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Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. They’re staying anyway.
“It’s a lot to ask somebody to move whenever you don’t know the whole story about how we live."
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Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there — unless you’re a California homeowner
State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.
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![Sunrun employee Gonzalo Najera carries a solar panel before installation at a home in Alamo, Calif., on Monday, May 17, 2021.]()
![Sunrun employee Gonzalo Najera carries a solar panel before installation at a home in Alamo, Calif., on Monday, May 17, 2021.]()
HUD takes on climate crisis with a new retrofit program
The federal initiative will reach only hundreds out of the 24,000 properties that need upgrades.
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Environmental groups slam ‘poison pills’ in debt ceiling bill
The proposal would push forward a 303-mile pipeline and weaken a bedrock environmental law.
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Should we pull carbon out of the air with trees, or machines?
It’s not as simple as it sounds.
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Another target of GOP spending cuts: renewables for farmers
A budget proposal in the House could roll back billions for rural clean energy.
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Taking on big coal to protect Navajo water
After getting her linguistics degree, Nicole Horseherder planned to return home to Black Mesa and teach. But with the region’s aquifers under threat from coal companies, she rallied against them – and won.
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Meet the women working to grow local food systems on U.S. island territories
On island territories, where most food is imported, achieving a level of food sovereignty is becoming more urgent due to climate change.
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Frustrated by outdated grids, consumers are lobbying for control of their electricity
Climate change is spurring interest in remaking local infrastructure to accommodate renewable energy, minimize power failures, and expand consumer choice.
