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.
Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining, and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.
U.S. sanctions helped cause the near-total collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that President Trump is now using as justification for his military strike against the country.
The administration’s efforts to solve a so-called “energy emergency” might create an actual crisis.
An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity.
Copper will play a central role in the energy transition. These startups are working on a cleaner way to extract it.
We're losing vital agricultural land. But is solar the main culprit?
New research indicates that the decline in smog particles from China’s air cleanups caused the recent extreme heat waves in the Pacific.
A new report calls for solutions that simultaneously address climate change, biodiversity, health, water, and food issues.
A new report from the EPA inspector general found the state’s health department saw evidence of elevated lead levels as early as 2015.
