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Updated 25 Oct, 05:30
20 articles
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For Black voters, climate action means little without relief from rising costs
Concerns about utility bills, data centers, and pollution show why Black Americans want action from elected officials.
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The planet’s vital signs are getting worse. One of the easiest fixes is your diet.
A lot of climate change is beyond the control of individuals alone, but how you eat can matter more than you may think.
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Distorted — October 28, 2026
Join Grist and Climate Central for a conversation about truth and trust in the age of climate disasters
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Europe’s hottest summer ever was also its deadliest — by far
Researchers estimate that more than 50,000 people died as five heat waves swept the continent — with two-thirds of those deaths attributable to climate change.
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The hidden history of how Big Oil invented the American Dream
From the family car to the dream kitchen, fossil fuel companies sold a vision of prosperity that depended on their own products. Grist dug up a century of evidence that shows how they did it.
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Fossil fuels are hiding all over your house. We built a model home to show how.
Tour our miniature dream house to see how oil and gas became part of everyday products.
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Soaring oil prices underscore the need to help poor countries adopt renewables
Without central planning or public resources, people in developing countries are pursuing an ad hoc energy transition.
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California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to use.
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Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the…
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At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.
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In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago
Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.
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Trump vowed to stop an ‘energy emergency.’ Then he created a real one.
The president used executive powers to boost oil and coal, but he can't fix the shortages caused by the Iran war.
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The world is crumbling in ‘The History of Concrete’
John Wilson's movie reveals the poetry in one of the world's most common materials — and an environmental catastrophe hiding in plain sight.
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A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new law.
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The fire retardant in the seafood chain
A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems.
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Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.
Senators made a deal to protect clean energy, but presidential interference continues.
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Long after the Maui fires, toxic metals linger in residents’ bodies
The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires impacted a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.
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Advice from a climate therapist: Touch grass. (No, really.)
Caring about nature can feel hollow when we lead a life disconnected from it. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for building in moments of connection.
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Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America
Solar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Now they're going to be a lot harder to build.
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Is coal really making a comeback?
Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story.