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A stack of fluorinated ski waxes sits in front of a black background

The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers

After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them.

Joseph Winters & Tik Root Culture February 4, 2026

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First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.

As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.

Naveena Sadasivam Extreme Weather September 10, 2025

As Amazon eliminates plastic packaging abroad, it’s using even more in the US

A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.

Joseph Winters Accountability April 4, 2024

Grist adds new staff writers and regional reporters

This summer, the newsroom added four new staffers to cover decarbonization, Indigenous affairs, and the Midwest.

Rachel Glickhouse Grist News July 31, 2023

‘Extreme victory’: Years of organization leads to the shuttering of a toxic polluter in south Memphis

The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.

Lylla Younes Regulation September 1, 2023

Two boys stand on a rooftop to survey the flooding that inundated a vast swath of downtown Montpelier, Vermont on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay.

Vermont joins three others in trying to make the fossil fuel industry finance climate action.

Katie Myers Accountability February 1, 2024

An aerial photograph of a path windy through forested land. Some trees have been cut down

How schools, hospitals, and prisons in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations

“There's definitely a colonial imperative in the existence of those lands."

Anna V. Smith & Maria Parazo Rose Indigenous Affairs September 16, 2024

a close up of fingers holding a tweezer with a small, red tick captured between the tongs. Two other small, red ticks crawl near the opening of the bottle

As ticks spread, the US is getting closer to understanding the true extent of Lyme disease

A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done.

Zoya Teirstein Health February 28, 2024

A woman sits on a chair in the middle of a house torn apart by a tornado, a tree with broken branches in the background.

How climate change made the Mississippi tornadoes more likely

A new study explores the link between rising temperatures and more deadly tornadoes.

Siri Chilukuri Uncategorized March 30, 2023

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