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How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America

Metropolitan gardens and farms are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.

Matt Simon Cities

Illustration of person petting their dog with a large paw print looming behind them

The climate paradox of having a dog

My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.

Claire Elise Thompson Culture

Three plumbers in green jackets installing a new water service line.

‘They’re playing games’: Illinois lawmakers press Trump administration over stalled lead-pipe funding

Congress appropriated $15 billion to replace lead pipes across the country. Is the Trump administration withholding it?

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Accountability

A rural neighborhood with flood and destroyed homes and greenhouses in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

What will it take to rebuild Jamaica’s food system after Hurricane Melissa?

For farmers in the nation’s breadbasket, surviving this storm is no guarantee against the next one.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture

Business With a Backbone

Patagonia’s new report highlights how the company acts as a connector, working with local communities and governments to build a global community to protect wild places.

Grist Creative Sponsored by Patagonia

Fish swim in the ocean in this file photo.

Trump sets sights on Pacific seafloor near the Marianas Trench

Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food security.

Anita Hofschneider Global Indigenous Affairs Desk

Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice

Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.

Rachel Glickhouse Updates

Front of the National Gallery of Art with sign that it is closed due to federal shutdown.

How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass

Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies.

Naveena Sadasivam Politics

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The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act.

“Our goal is to remind negotiators that behind every policy decision are real people and real lives at risk.”