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Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work
New documents show how they promoted it anyway.
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![A heat pump with two round windows stands against a blue building.]()
Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing
While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever.
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![A mural that reads Greetings from Historic Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, with a painting of a river and forest.]()
With limited resources, an Oregon town plans for climate change
Among rural communities, Grants Pass, Oregon, has notched an unlikely win: a sustainability plan. But lack of dedicated staff and resources to secure federal grant funds threaten its success.
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![An aerial view of highways cutting through snowy land and a river running through them.]()
In $100 million Colorado River deal, water and power collide
The Colorado River District plans to buy the water rights that flow through Colorado's Shoshone hydropower plant. The acquisition is seen as pivotal for a wide swath of the state, and has been co-signed by farmers, environmental groups, and local governments.
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Talking about climate change can be awkward. Just ask Tim Robinson.
Does cringe comedy have anything to teach climate scientists?
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![Driftwood logs sit along the shoreline of Upper Klamath Lake]()
As the Klamath River dries, tribal nations and farmers come to rare agreement
“What’s at stake is our very livelihood, our culture, our identities, our way of life."
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Grist announces its 2024 class of fellows
The four journalists will be based in California, New York, Washington, and Wyoming and will spend a year reporting for Grist.
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Greener snowmaking is helping ski resorts weather climate change
As a warming world creates an existential threat for the ski industry, resorts are reducing how much energy they need to make it snow.
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![A man in a blue suit and red tie stands at a podium in front of a group of people.]()
When a climate denier becomes Louisiana’s governor: Jeff Landry’s first month in office
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.
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How the US government began its decade-long campaign against the anti-pipeline movement
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
