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![Mayabel Rents waits for a bus during a tidal flooding event in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2015.]()
![Mayabel Rents waits for a bus during a tidal flooding event in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2015.]()
Study: Climate migration will leave the elderly behind
Coastal populations will get older — and more fragile — as young people flee rising seas, according to new academic research.
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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
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24 Climate Predictions for 2024
Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.
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Buying an EV just got more affordable
The federal tax credit is now available as an upfront rebate, making EVs more accessible to low- and-middle-income households.
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![Florida, Sarasota, Saralake Estates Mobile Home Park, aerial overhead view.]()
![Florida, Sarasota, Saralake Estates Mobile Home Park, aerial overhead view.]()
How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience
After people buy back the land beneath their mobile homes, renewables tend to crop up.
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The World Bank is running the first-ever climate reparations fund. Nobody is happy about it.
The U.S.-dominated institution has a track record of harming the very nations it purports to help.
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Climate reparations are becoming a reality. Here’s what they could look like.
Grist asked 10 countries how they would use the long-awaited “loss and damage” fund launched at COP28.
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![Youth climate activists waving pickets join a demonstration in New York City demanding climate action.]()
![Youth climate activists waving pickets join a demonstration in New York City demanding climate action.]()
The latest youth climate lawsuit tries a novel argument: The unique environmental vulnerability of children
Eighteen California children say the EPA fails to recognize the unique physical and mental impacts climate change has on kids.
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![A man in a yellow turban and shirt stands near protesters and banners with messages related to climate reparations]()
![A man in a yellow turban and shirt stands near protesters and banners with messages related to climate reparations]()
‘I’ll just eat on the way’: A climate activist’s 18-hour sprint through COP28
How Harjeet Singh spends his days trying to influence the fight to save the planet — all while running on little more than a cheese sandwich.
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The EPA is aiming to get rid of lead pipes in 10 years. But not in Chicago.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
