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A Grist Special Series
Midterms and Climate Conditions
Articles in this series:
Protecting public lands was a winning platform in elections out West
Conservation groups are hailing the victories as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s policies.
A tale of 2 ballot measures
Why Nevada upped its renewable energy standards (and Arizona didn’t)
Both states are potential solar hotspots, but only one took a step closer to reaching its promise.
casten votes
Illinois voters saw through this Republican’s climate facade
In all, 12 other conservative members of the Climate Solutions Caucus lost their seats to folks with better climate bonafides.
A Tale of Two Measures
What Washington and Oregon taught us about climate action on the ballot
Two climate-friendly taxes, two different results.
give it a trifecta
The election cleared the way for bold climate policy in these 6 states
These state legislatures are now controlled by Democrats with climate-friendly governors like Michelle Lujan Grisham and Jared Polis.
Cloudy with a chance of voting
Severe weather could dampen Election Day
Will voter enthusiasm be enough to battle with increasingly terrible weather?
standing rock the vote
North Dakota tribes issue thousands of IDs to stop voter suppression
Faced with a restrictive voter ID law, these tribes are rolling out all the stops getting their members to the polls.
6 states where voters could counter Trump’s environmental rollbacks
“I don’t think there’s any way we would’ve survived against this much money without this diverse of a coalition.”
Tricky Business
How anti-clean energy campaigns create a mirage of public support
Business owners in Washington and Oregon say they were misled into endorsements.
elephant in the room
It takes more than a hurricane to sway some voters in this Texas election
Incumbent Republican John Culberson regularly name drops Hurricane Harvey, but never invokes the phenomenon that made it so devastating.
This map shows the 5 hottest midterm races for climate
How might environmental anxiety impact the midterm elections? Grist looked at the nation's most competitive House races.
oil money spill
Big Oil wants to kill a carbon price with one simple trick (it’s $$$)
Voters could pass the country’s first fee on carbon next week in Washington state.
ad it up
5 things I learned from watching political ads that actually mention climate
One candidate climbed to the top of a wind turbine to prove she’ll go the extra mile for renewable energy. Did she impress viewers, or just give them vertigo?
The midterms could spell the end of this bipartisan climate caucus
The Climate Solutions Caucus welcomes former climate deniers and would-be-EPA abolishers in the name of bipartisanship.
crown juul
What do vaping and offshore drilling have in common? Amendment 9.
If approved by Florida voters, the “clean air, clean water” proposal would ban indoor vaping and offshore drilling in the state constitution.
Citizens put renewable energy on this year’s ballots
Across several states, voter-driven initiatives reign in oil-and-gas development while promoting wind and solar.
Can't vote, won't stop
No vote, no problem. Young people think outside the ballot box.
These young people don’t get a say at the ballot box, but they’re holding older voters to account for their role in climate change
DE-BETO-BLE
Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke didn’t debate climate change. Will it come up next time?
Of 12 debates in high-profile races this election season, only one included a question about climate change so far.
Puerto Rico's People Power
The Puerto Rican diaspora gets ready to flex its political power
On the anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s landfall, the Puerto Rican diaspora is hitting the streets -- and getting people to the polls.
mutually assured destruction
Climate politics could break the GOP
"Oh shit, climate change is happening!"
last line of defense
Trump’s next climate nemesis is running for New York attorney general
Letitia James and Zephyr Teachout are fighting to be New York's next top lawyer -- and a thorn in Trump's side.
Inside the manipulative, tricky, devious, world-saving plan of the Environmental Voter Project
Relying on tools of behavioral psychology, a get-out-the-vote effort urges environmentalists to the polls -- and barely mentions the environment at all.
Trump’s attacks on public lands could help Democrats out West
Races in New Mexico, Montana, and Utah all of a sudden look competitive.
You ooze you lose
Toxic algae has oozed out of lakes and into Florida’s Senate race
Thank the slimeballs for injecting environmental issues into Florida's U.S. Senate race.
(AL)ASKING PRICE
Why Alaska might seriously consider a carbon tax
A price on carbon could tackle two huge problems at once: climate change and a lack of revenue.
measure up
Should big corporations pay for clean energy? Portland voters will decide.
It's one of two climate change measures headed to the ballot in the Northwest this November.
A new GOP carbon tax proposal is a long shot, but it’s a shot worth taking
Florida congressman Carlos Curbelo's plan isn't perfect -- but it would be something.
Coalition Impossible
Washington state will likely vote on a carbon price in November. The oil industry’s already fighting it.
“They have a lot of money, we have a lot of people.”
What’s the ‘Green New Deal’? The surprising origins behind a progressive rallying cry.
Liberals are reclaiming a climate action term once used by centrists -- and giving it a progressive twist.
golden green
What would Governor Gavin Newsom mean for California’s green leadership?
California's primary results are in. How'd the environment do?
Don’t call it a tax: Inside Washington’s attempt to pass a ‘fee on pollution’
After a decade of failed carbon taxes, the state is taking another shot -- this time with a grassroots makeover.
can't deny it
These Republicans say they’re ready for climate action. Can we believe them?
Will joining the Climate Solutions Caucus mark a turning point in their careers or an empty badge of honor?
