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A man stands on the edge of a river filled with coffee colored sludge

Louisiana town fights for relief after a billion-dollar oil disaster

Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.

Adam Mahoney, Capital B Accountability January 3, 2026

The white and yellow flower of a Key Largo cactus is seen in full bloom. The plant is the first species in the U.S. driven to extinction by sea level rise.

In a first, rising seas drove an entire species to extinction in the US

Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next?

Ayurella Horn-Muller Science July 18, 2024

A man leans against a wheelbarrow while clearing debris from Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, North Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Trump axed a rule designed to spare taxpayers the burden of future flooding

The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.

Katie Myers Extreme Weather April 9, 2025

Farm equipment in front of a raised bed of dirt with solar panels in the background.

The USDA is unfreezing clean energy money — but ‘inviting’ grant recipients to remove DEI and climate language

The agency is finally moving on getting gridlocked money to farmers. But at what cost?

Ayurella Horn-Muller & Izzy Ross Food and Agriculture April 4, 2025

illustration of a beach scene with people wading and swimming in the ocean, with a gloved hand holding a Petri dish with 6 oysters on the half shell

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

Zoya Teirstein Health April 22, 2026

An illustration of an Earth surrounded by symbols like a wind turbine, a stethoscope, and a megaphone

We asked climate leaders what’s keeping them inspired. Here’s what they said.

"There are going to be times that are very, very hard, and we are in one of them. And we have to keep going with passion, dogged determination, and belief that we can make the impossible possible."

Grist staff Solutions April 21, 2026

A technician at heating, cooling and plumbing company John G. Webster, removes a gas water heater from a home in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2024.

Illinois families are going electric — for free

As federal incentives for home electrification disappear, an innovative state law lets utilities meet energy-efficiency mandates by getting people off gas.

Kari Lydersen Business December 7, 2025

An aerial view of a farm along a river floodplain

Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.

"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything."

Irina Zhorov Extreme Weather April 15, 2026

A construction crew erects concrete buildings in New Clark City, a climate-resilient city the Philippine government is building north of Manila.

The promises and challenges of the Philippines’ new climate-resilient city

New Clark City is being built from scratch to withstand extreme weather. Will it be a beacon of hope or a greenwashed illusion?

Maggie Wang Cities January 7, 2025

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