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An overhead view of dug up dirt in the middle of a forest

Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements

A survey of mining records found dozens of requests for copper, manganese, and nickel targeting land reform settlements in northern Brazil’s Carajás region in the last five years.

Sam Cowie, Cícero Pedrosa Neto, & Isabel Harari Accountability March 14, 2026

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Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles

Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.

Wufei Yu Labor October 8, 2025

The global treaty to save the ozone layer has also slowed Arctic ice melt

That's because chemicals banned under the 1987 Montreal Protocol are also potent greenhouse gases.

Akielly Hu Science May 24, 2023

The world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.

People depend on forests for food and income. Offset projects can kick them out.

Kate Yoder Justice May 10, 2024

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Can you solve the world’s trillion-dollar climate finance puzzle?

As countries deadlock at COP29, take Grist’s quiz to find out whose side you’re on.

Jake Bittle COP29 November 13, 2024

Meet the communities trying to take over their local electric utility

Activists say public power would lower bills and expand clean energy. But they face tough opposition from investor-owned utilities.

Akielly Hu Politics January 24, 2024

The future of US forests — a major carbon sink — is ‘highly uncertain’

A new study highlights the risks of using forest-based carbon offsets to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.

Joseph Winters Science April 6, 2023

A mobile FEMA information center in Fort Myers following Hurricane Ian in 2022.

FEMA to overhaul its disaster aid system after decades of criticism

The agency will offer upfront cash payments to disaster survivors and slash some of its infamous red tape.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 19, 2024

One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions

The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down

Lylla Younes Regulation May 8, 2024

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