We hand-package the week’s best Grist stories. Delivered free every Saturday morning.
Δ
A nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Both for the people and, potentially, for the planet
Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.
The infrastructure woes behind a water failure
Regulators voted last week to prohibit wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, from being discharged into the lands and water of the Delaware River Basin.
As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.
These powerlifters and strongmen are lifting heavier weights with a diet that's lighter on the planet.
Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.
From Ohio's fracking fields to California's oil refineries, residents are tracking pollution missed by the EPA.
Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.
