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A photo of a girl digging touching the rubble of her burned home in Talent, Oregon. She is in the center of the image in a white outfit. The ground and debris are stained red from an airdrop fire retardant.

Will race and income inequalities trip up Cascadia’s fight against climate change?

Fires, floods, and pollution are exposing disparities in Washington and Oregon.

Iris M. Crawford Science March 6, 2021

This technology collaborative promises a brighter future for solar

BlueDot Photonics aims to make solar power more efficient and affordable.

Grist Creative Sponsored by VertueLab March 10, 2021

A photo of the container ship Gjertrud Maersk, anchored off the coast of Virginia Beach on June 29, 2020. The large, blue vessel is topped with hundreds of colorful shipping containers

The world’s first ‘carbon-neutral’ cargo ship is already low on gas

Shipping giant Maersk announced plans for a green methanol-powered vessel by 2023. But there isn't enough of the fuel to go around.

Maria Gallucci Energy March 8, 2021

How can we hold politicians to their promises on race and climate?

"Being cautiously optimistic is what helps you hold people accountable."

Angely Mercado Politics December 9, 2020

A wrecking ball swinging towards a green house with a UK flag on the roof

How Britain’s ‘build back better’ plan went very, very wrong

What the U.S. can learn from the U.K.’s disastrous home retrofit program.

Emily Pontecorvo Buildings April 1, 2021

An overlooked threat to the honey bee: Air pollution

A new study found that bees exposed to heavy smog died quicker in captivity.

Emily Pontecorvo Cities August 10, 2020

An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.

Nonprofit finds hope against wildfires with unexpected ally: charcoal

To capture carbon and jumpstart forest thinning, Methow Valley couple – and Washington taxpayers – bet on biochar.

Mandy Godwin Technology September 17, 2021

A tanker truck crosses the Union Pacific rail line in Price Canyon, in central Utah, as it heads up Indian Canyon. This area in Price Canyon is where the proposed Uintah Basin Railway will connect with the national railway network. The Uintah Basin Railway is proposed to move crude oil, agriculture, and minerals mined in Utah’s Uintah Basin, an area with long standing freight transportation challenges. Construction of the rail line is slated for 2023-2024.

An oil train is set to destroy pristine Utah mountains. Why won’t Biden stop it?

Wildcat speculators, big oil companies, and state officials alike have been salivating over the Uinta Basin’s rich oil deposits for years.

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Politics May 7, 2022

Electrify everything: why we need to go big on going electric

With global energy demand expected to increase by as much as 58 percent in the next three decades, the urgency to transition away from fossil fuels is growing.

Grist Creative Sponsored by CleanChoice Energy April 21, 2021

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