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A woman runs along a lake as the sun rises next to power lines.

Smart thermostats are helping Arizona’s grid ride out extreme heat

Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.

Jeff St. John, Canary Media Energy September 24, 2023

The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines

“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”

Katie Myers Science October 5, 2023

Lake Shasta, California's largest dam and water reservoir feeding the Sacramento River, sits at historically low levels in July 2015.

How the Western drought has increased carbon emissions

Hydropower loss added 121 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 20 years — about the same as putting 1.3 million more cars on the road.

Jake Bittle Energy July 10, 2023

Guam gets pummeled by Typhoon Mawar — another cyclone charged by warming seas

It's the strongest cyclone to hit the U.S. territory in 20 years.

Max Graham Extreme Weather May 24, 2023

A collage of a voting booth, Trump, Harris, energy infrastructure, food, hurricanes, and clouds

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

From public health to public lands, here are 15 ways the next president could affect the climate and your life.

Grist staff Politics October 23, 2024

A plowed field and water tower are shouded in fog in an aerial photo of the town of Stanton, Tennessee.

A huge EV factory is coming to west Tennessee. Here’s how locals are ensuring they benefit.

Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.

Katie Myers Solutions December 17, 2023

Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest

Why loving trees sometimes means cutting them down

An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.

Kristina Rizga Science August 17, 2023

The Denka Performance Elastomer Plant at sunset in Reserve, La.

DOJ sues ‘Cancer Alley’ polluter

The Justice Department is suing a major petrochemical company, arguing that its chemical plant in Reserve, Louisiana, poses an unacceptable risk to the health and welfare of the area’s majority-Black population.

Joseph Winters March 2, 2023

A Group of students march with a sign that says fossil free I'm sorry it's not that hard

Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

Louisiana’s flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state.

Pam Radtke, Floodlight, Halle Parker, & Piper Hutchinson, Louisiana Illuminator Energy March 29, 2025

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