Latest Articles
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Atmospheric rivers are battering California. Why don’t residents have flood insurance?
High costs, “disaster fatigue,” and regulatory gaps are all preventing Californians from getting the protection they need.
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Campus divestment activists eye fossil fuel profits on stolen land
Grist investigation reveals 14 land-grant universities making millions off Indigenous land.
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The unlikely coalition behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pivot
Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause.
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Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018
The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion.
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Bitcoin mining uses a lot of energy. The US government is about to find out how much.
A new federal initiative will shed light on the opaque and rapidly growing cryptocurrency mining industry.
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EPA finalizes new standards for deadly particulate matter
The restrictions on soot pollution will prevent thousands of premature deaths every year. Industry groups say it will hurt local economies.
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Grist publishes new land-grant investigation with public data
We located and mapped more than 8.2 million acres of land taken from nearly 130 Indigenous nations that have produced billions of dollars for 14 land-grant universities.
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The extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land
How 14 land-grant colleges took 8.2 million acres from 123 Indigenous nations.
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands
A Grist investigation reveals how 14 public universities continue to benefit from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land.
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How we investigated the land-grant university system
A methodology of our efforts to reveal how land-grant universities continue to profit from stolen Indigenous resources.