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Welcome to Utah, where pipeline protests could now get you at least five years in prison

Since the Standing Rock protests in 2017, 19 states have passed so-called critical infrastructure laws.

Naveena Sadasivam Protest March 21, 2023

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Climate reparations are becoming a reality. Here’s what they could look like.

Grist asked 10 countries how they would use the long-awaited “loss and damage” fund launched at COP28.

Grist staff Solutions December 13, 2023

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

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They survived Hurricane Helene. Here’s how they’re doing a year later.

The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?

Ayurella Horn-Muller, Emily Jones, & Katie Myers Extreme Weather September 26, 2025

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‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California

A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers facing devastating water shortages.

Jeff St. John, Canary Media Energy March 29, 2026

A cyclist rides along a river in Minneapolis, Minnesota as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the city on June 27, 2023.

Climate change is undoing decades of progress on air quality

A new report finds that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty."

Lois Parshley Health February 21, 2024

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‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s partnership with the plastics industry

Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest.

Joseph Winters & Emily Sanders Accountability February 2, 2025

A group of people in a field with a sign that says Save Our Farmland

This rural community fought one of the country’s biggest gas-powered data centers — and won

Inside the grassroots opposition that fended off a 2,200-acre data center campus in southern Virginia, and why their struggle isn’t over yet.

Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder Energy June 22, 2025

‘We are in uncharted territory’: Earth logs hottest week on record

The grim milestone arrives as rampant flooding hits the Northeastern U.S., India, and Japan.

Akielly Hu Extreme Weather July 10, 2023

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