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Aerial view of clearcut rainforest in Indonesia

Mining is necessary for a clean energy future. It also destroys forests.

A first-of-its-kind study measures the impact of industrial mining on global tropical forest loss

Jessie Blaeser Uncategorized September 13, 2022

Indigenous protestors raise their fists in a large conference room

How Indigenous people are fighting to stop ‘the biggest land grab in history’

At the UN biodiversity conference, Indigenous leaders fight to be included in 30x30 talks.

Joseph Lee Global Indigenous Affairs Desk December 7, 2022

Study: Climate change is creating disease hotspots

“The coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker.”

Zoya Teirstein Health April 28, 2022

Smoke billows from a large power plant with two huge cooling towers set next to a pond.

‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news

A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.

Miranda Green Accountability January 21, 2024

Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?

Volunteer cartographers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are turning local knowledge into life-saving maps in the face of rising seas and stronger storms.

Maddy Crowell Solutions June 11, 2025

The Ellis maximum security prison in Texas

Study: Extreme heat responsible for hundreds of deaths in Texas prisons

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong.

Alleen Brown Equity November 10, 2022

a pile of smart phones on a bright yellow background

Consumers looking to reduce e-waste have new options

CircleIT’s groundbreaking recycling solutions are part of the global movement to keep more devices out of landfills.

Grist Creative Sponsored by CircleIT March 21, 2023

Study: Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ could retreat faster than expected

“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”

Lylla Younes Science September 7, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act promises thousands of new oil leases. Drillers might not want them.

The bigger question about Joe Manchin’s fossil fuel provisions is if they’ll succeed on the senator’s own terms.

Jake Bittle Energy August 9, 2022

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