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.
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.
The fate of Arizona’s proposed Resolution Copper mine rested with the federal courts, but the administration announced last week it would move to approve the project before their rulings.
Shutting down carbon-spewing facilities can benefit human health as much as planetary health.
State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”
From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.
A new study led by James Hansen estimates we'll hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius target earlier than predicted.
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
The dispute between two Los Angeles-area districts raises a broader question of what a school district owes its neighbors after a major disaster.