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The IPCC's latest report finally recognizes the social barriers to climate action.
After five years at Grist, Editor in Chief Nikhil Swaminathan takes the helm of the organization.
Warmer temperatures cause heavier rainfall across the U.S. — even in the driest cities.
In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
The company is learning how to scale with "Mammoth," as new direct air capture startups are following in its footsteps.
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists.
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.