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Trump’s tax bill could be a major win for Big Ag. Everyone else? Not so much.

The bill, which just passed Congress, is a bailout for commodity growers and leaves small farmers — and U.S. consumers — out to dry.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture July 3, 2025

What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food and more emissions.

New research sheds light on how rising temperatures are squeezing farmers and raising prices for consumers.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture June 30, 2025

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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

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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

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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

Atomic plant Vogtle is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia.

Georgia’s Vogtle plant could herald the beginning — or end — of a new nuclear era

The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.

Gautama Mehta Energy April 8, 2024

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

How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone.

Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.

Matt Simon Climate November 5, 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

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