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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

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

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 field of cut down trees extends toward the forest and mountains

Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world

Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.

Graham Lee Brewer, The Associated Press Indigenous Affairs June 4, 2025

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

Cityscape of downtown Denver with the Flatirons and Longs Peak in the background from a drone perspective

Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land

A new report says that it’s only a fraction of the almost $2 trillion the state has made on stolen land.

Taylar Dawn Stagner Indigenous Affairs July 8, 2024

The Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands

The world’s biggest climate case begins in The Hague

An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations.

Anita Hofschneider Global Indigenous Affairs Desk December 1, 2024

Illustration of a Kenyan girl standing in front of a hospital bed outside with sandflies surrounding her

As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar

Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.

Georgia Gee Health November 3, 2025

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