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Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
Regulators voted last week to prohibit wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, from being discharged into the lands and water of the Delaware River Basin.
Networks of thousands of home-based batteries could be key to a cleaner, more reliable electricity system.
The Agriculture Department just restored the so-called Roadless Rule, but federal land swaps could still open forest lands to logging.
Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.
Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.
New research makes clear the link between climate change and prison mortality.
A plan to build badly needed housing — and prevent future fires — may soon go up in smoke.
Zero-waste practices like composting and production cuts could cut global waste emissions by 84 percent.
