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![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
![A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.]()
Trump axed a rule designed to spare taxpayers the burden of future flooding
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
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How Trump’s war on climate and equity is impacting ‘woke investing’
Shifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues.
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Grist organizes international pooled coverage of the 2025 UNPFII
High Country News, Mongabay, ICT, APTN, Whakaata Māori, and Grist will report together and share their journalism among newsrooms.
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The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
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The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.
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In New England, Canadian hydropower has slowed to an ominous trickle
Whether due to drought, prices, or politics, the weekslong disappearance of Canadian hydropower from New England’s grid exposes risks for the region.
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Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America
Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.
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Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico could be making it worse.
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The USDA is unfreezing clean energy money — but ‘inviting’ grant recipients to remove DEI and climate language
The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?
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The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
Inside the little-understood fight between deep sea miners and Indigenous advocates for the ocean.
