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2020 was the hottest year on record. We’ll remember it as one of the century’s coldest.

"Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest in the record."

Zoya Teirstein Science

French oil giant Total bids adieu to major US oil lobby. Who’s next?

Total’s exit from the American Petroleum Institute signifies a growing rift between Europe and US oil majors on climate change.

Emily Pontecorvo Science

Will states use the Capitol riot to crack down on pipeline protests?

In the riot’s aftermath, Ohio quietly joined a dozen states that have legislated harsh new penalties for environmental activism.

Naveena Sadasivam Politics

Democrats flipped the Senate. So why is a Green New Deal still unlikely?

Can Biden accomplish his climate goals with a razor-thin majority?

Zoya Teirstein & Shannon Osaka Politics

Listen: Access to public lands, running, and resolutions

In the final episode of Temperature Check's debut season, host Andrew Simon discusses outdoor access, public lands, and tacos with filmmaker Faith Briggs.

Grist staff Temperature Check

2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal?

Why is it so hard to be both positive and well-informed? Blame the internet.

Eve Andrews Culture

2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back

After publishing “nonsensical, debunked pseudoscience,” they're headed back to NOAA.

Alexandria Herr Science

Green groups promised a racial reckoning in 2020. Is it happening?

New diversity report finds green groups are making progress … but not as much as they should be.

Cameron Oglesby Science

America’s ‘climate forest’ is under attack. Biden can protect it.

Alaska’s Tongass forest was protected for nearly 20 years, then Trump reopened it for business. Now, nine Alaskan tribes and several climate orgs are calling on Biden to restore the Roadless Rule.

Wanda Kashudoha Loescher Culp and Osprey Orielle Lake Fix

Will 2021 be the year New York finally breaks ground on its clean energy promises?

Governor Cuomo announced 2 major offshore wind projects, a training program, and manufacturing hubs in his state of the state address.