In New Mexico, a river runs through 'the middle of a hellscape’
Gristby Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main·19h ago
It’s an early May afternoon, and Charlie Barrett has parked his pickup in a pullout along a county road a few hundred feet from the Black River in southern New Mexico, just a mile from where it...
Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?
Gristby Freddie Clayton, Yale E360·1d ago
Niku Argane’s farm sits on a steep hillside in central Ethiopia’s semi-mountainous Gurage Zone, where years of flooding have carved deep gullies through the land.
The Louisiana wind industry’s plan for survival: Outlast Trump
Gristby Tristan Baurick·3d ago
Louisiana’s offshore wind industry has a date circled on the calendar: January 21, 2029 — the first day after President Donald Trump is scheduled to leave office.
‘Digger’ has a lot of haters. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Gristby Frida Garza·3d ago
Last week, this magazine published a review of Digger, the new climate change allegory from Mexican provocateur Alejandro Iñárritu.
The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart
Gristby Austin Corona·3d ago
In order to solve climate change, you have to do two things — stop burning fossil fuels, and build clean energy to replace them.
Hurricane Isaias is a typical storm — but it's also 'astounding'
Gristby Matt Simon·3d ago
Something strange just popped up in the Gulf of Mexico: a hurricane. Well, not so much Hurricane Isaias, which storm-watchers expect to make landfall as a Category 2 somewhere between the coast of...
Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.
Gristby Grist staff·4d ago
The Supreme Court once billed the Endangered Species Act as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation.” Federal protections have been...
From the farm to your door: How our global food system exploits workers
Gristby Joseph Lee·4d ago
Like many big cities, New York teems with delivery workers who bring takeout, groceries, and any number of other things to anyone with a cellphone.
Powering data centers on nuclear? That's a tough sell in Utah's coal country.
Gristby Leia Larsen·5d ago
Cindy O’Neil understands the boom-and-bust cycles of industry. Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines.
The Northeast's reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis
Gristby Tik Root·5d ago
There are many markers of fall: vibrant foliage, apple picking and pumpkin-spiced everything, to name a few. Cranking up the heat is another.
The never-ending struggle to protect Georgia’s most popular beach
Gristby Emily Jones·5d ago
Barrier islands like Tybee Island, off the coast of Georgia, should naturally accumulate sand from islands farther north, but human activity — development on the island, building sea walls and...
Supreme Court wrestles with who should pay for climate change
Gristby Austin Corona·6d ago
The Supreme Court opened its 2026-2027 term Monday with a climate case: a lawsuit brought by Boulder, Colorado, against ExxonMobil and Suncor, a Canadian oil company, over the costs of a warming...
The future of commuter rail could be taking shape in Boston
Gristby Benton Graham·6d ago
Marvin Martin was in the Four Corners area of Dorchester one day when a train sped by on the Fairmount Line into downtown Boston.
The Great Plains face a surprising threat: Too many trees
Gristby Bekah Stolhandske McNeel·6d ago
To really understand what’s going on in the Nebraska Sandhills, Shelly Kelly told me, it’s helpful to see it from the air.
Extreme heat left this student athlete on life support. He won't be the last.
Gristby Tik Root·7d ago
Matthew Mayich stepped onto the field of Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, at about 7 a.m. on August 20.
Two years after Hurricane Helene, survivors are taking lessons for the future
Gristby Laura Hackett·7d ago
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina.
To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects
Gristby Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune·7d ago
A new water tower in Turkey: $3 million. Upgrades for a museum in Stamford: $400,000. A first responders appreciation barbecue in Medina County: $10,000.
New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use
Gristby Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News·8d ago
A new residential development south of Denver is the testing ground for an unusual partnership that could transform home heating and cooling across the country.
Under Trump, California's clean car rules are essential — and vulnerable
Gristby Austin Corona·10d ago
The Trump administration came close to fully dismantling the federal government’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars Monday, announcing a final plan to ease fuel-efficiency...
California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
Gristby Matt Simon·10d ago
As free and abundant as sunlight may be, harnessing its power remains stubbornly difficult for homeowners.
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