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Amy Bowers Cordalis: ‘I got to blow up a dam’

At Grist’s Turning the Tide event at SF Climate Week, attorney and activist Amy Bowers Cordalis shared her story of three pivotal moments that brought the salmon back to Klamath.

Grist staff Grist Events May 14, 2026

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The shifting jet stream has magnified wildfires and plagues. What’s next?

New research shows that the patterns of Earth’s high winds have led to serious problems on the ground.

Kate Yoder Science October 4, 2024

A front end loader removes trash and beads left on Bourbon Street after Mardi Gras in 2009

New Orleans wants to fix its Mardi Gras mess. So why is the trash pile still growing?

This year's Carnival resulted in 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash along the city’s parade routes — the highest total on record.

Tristan Baurick Cities May 11, 2026

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Research shows that what you call climate change doesn’t matter much

People don't need "climate emergency" or "global boiling" to make them worried. They're already worried.

Kate Yoder Language August 19, 2024

a fast-food worker tends to chicken pieces roasting on a grill in an El Pollo Loco restaurant

Workers are facing dangerous heat — even inside fast-food restaurants

Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers.

Frida Garza Labor August 29, 2025

A massive industrial plant stretches over black and gray dirt.

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was supposed to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1M a day.

The community had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week.

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Energy August 23, 2025

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Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’

Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.

Leia Larsen & Matt Ward Energy March 24, 2026

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Is your community at risk? How to access data and tell stories about EtO.

Grist journalists share how we investigated this story and how to learn more about ethylene oxide emissions in your area.

Naveena Sadasivam & Lyndsey Gilpin Accountability April 16, 2025

A man in a wide-brimmed hat stands at a podium in front of a banner reading, "Weak UN treaty fails the world." A blue background behind him.

‘Consensus kills ambition’: UN plastics treaty talks end without an agreement

Procedural hurdles once again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution.

Joseph Winters International August 15, 2025

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