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A man views the removal of debris in a storm-damaged neighborhood

Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it’s also a burden.

How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.

Katie Myers & Izzy Ross Extreme Weather August 19, 2025

An industrial site with a circular waste pond and mountains in the background.

The country’s biggest magnesium producer went bankrupt. Who’s going to clean up the $100M mess?

US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems.

Leia Larsen Accountability December 15, 2025

Two boys stand on a rooftop to survey the flooding that inundated a vast swath of downtown Montpelier, Vermont on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay.

Vermont joins three others in trying to make the fossil fuel industry finance climate action.

Katie Myers Accountability February 1, 2024

‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis

The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.

Lylla Younes Regulation September 1, 2023

Grist adds new staff writers and regional reporters

This summer, the newsroom added four new staffers to cover decarbonization, Indigenous affairs, and the Midwest.

Rachel Glickhouse Grist News July 31, 2023

a close up of fingers holding a tweezer with a small, red tick captured between the tongs. Two other small, red ticks crawl near the opening of the bottle

As ticks spread, the US is getting closer to understanding the true extent of Lyme disease

A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done.

Zoya Teirstein Health February 28, 2024

a woman stands near a large pink flag. A crowd gathers around her

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.

Grist staff Solutions December 13, 2023

A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.

UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture

"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."

Tristan Ahtone Global Indigenous Affairs Desk October 18, 2024

A woman sits on a chair in the middle of a house torn apart by a tornado, a tree with broken branches in the background.

How climate change made the Mississippi tornadoes more likely

A new study explores the link between rising temperatures and more deadly tornadoes.

Siri Chilukuri Uncategorized March 30, 2023

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