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.
Around the globe, oil and gas companies use similar strategies to fight building electrification.
The federal agency is overhauling its disaster rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.
“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.”
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western U.S. remains unknown. AI could change that.
The American Lung Association report comes amid the EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections.
If the rule takes effect, more than two-thirds of Illinois’ wetlands could lose federal protections.
A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.
Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe.
Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline “shaming.”
