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Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
A poll finds less than one-third of Americans want a fully electric home. That number jumps to 60 percent if people can continue cooking with methane.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
With catastrophic wildfires on the rise, Washington State has implemented a holistic approach to fire prevention — and it’s working.
Grist journalists share how we investigated this story and how to learn more about ethylene oxide emissions in your area.
An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations.
Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs could reshape who eats what in the years to come.
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”