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Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels

A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too.

Matt Simon Energy March 26, 2025

Lead pipes are everywhere in Chicago. Here’s how to protect yourself.

How to test your water, get free filters, and find other help.

Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau Health August 28, 2025

Collage of drought, water tower, and dollar bill

Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff

Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.

Tik Root Cities October 27, 2025

A screenshot of Plonts' launch ad, where a woman pushes a large yellow wheel of cheese with the word PLONTS written on it up a mountain, and comedian Kate Berlant's face appears in the background

Vegan cheese won’t save the world — but this brand hopes you’ll buy it anyway

Plonts, a new plant-based cheese, is taking an irreverent approach to swaying consumers.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture September 24, 2024

A photo shows a billowing smokestack in the background of a small waterfront town

Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives

A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.

Matt Simon Energy August 14, 2025

Three members of the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia look out at a forest in front of them, their backs to the camera.

The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.

Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.

Maria Parazo Rose Global Indigenous Affairs Desk December 3, 2023

Texas flag flies in front of flooded property

Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials as flood recovery plods on

Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.

Naveena Sadasivam Extreme Weather August 1, 2025

The hidden toll of wood pellet power

Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.

Grist Creative Sponsored by EJCAN June 23, 2026

a large yellow instrument the size of a car goes into the ocean off of the side of a ship with crew in orange vests surrounding it

Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.

Senators saved a network of ocean sensors from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Oceans June 23, 2026

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