Latest
Latest
Recent
-
Fiction: The Cloud Weaver’s Song
In a city high above the desert, a dew harvester and her friend sacrifice everything to prove the end of the Great Drying is at hand.
-
Not even a pandemic can stop solar’s epic growth
Lead by Texas and the Southeast, the U.S. added a record amount of solar power in 2020.
-
Cargo-ship congestion is bringing more dirty air to Southern California
Those supply-chain problems you’ve heard about? They have consequences for public health.
-
US corporations talk green but are helping derail major climate bill
Apple and Amazon are among dozens of companies whose lobbying groups are fighting to stop the Democrats’ reconciliation package.
Topics
Grist reports on topics like Extreme Weather, Energy, Culture, Equity, and how they intersect with climate. All topics.
Accountability
Climate + Data
View →-
The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
-
The art of repeal: illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy — and Biden’s daunting task ahead
-
The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.
-
We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
-
Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
-
6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
Solutions Lab
Fix combines creative storytelling with network-building and eventsThe Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality
The Climate Fiction Issue
Imagine 2200 Short Stories
-
It might be time to rethink our relationship with ‘Mother Earth’
The ecosexual movement argues that we could stand to be a lot less platonic with the planet.
-
Google Maps now shows the lowest-carbon route for car journeys
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, said the initiative could save 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.
-
How economists helped Big Oil obstruct climate action for decades
Science historian Benjamin Franta on the role economists played in the fossil fuel industry's decades-long disinformation campaign.
-
‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ and the world we cannot escape
There is something both very old and refreshingly new about Anthony Doerr’s epic tale of the climate crisis.
Watch This
-
6 min How Tesla shows Obama’s green loan program was a success
-
6 min The truth about Bitcoin’s energy use
-
6 min Why electric cars are cheaper if you’re rich
-
4 min How close are we to a climate tipping point?
-
5 min Bullshit is everywhere. Here’s what you can do about it
-
3 min Biden rejoining the Paris Agreement, explained
-
Not even a pandemic can stop solar’s epic growth
Lead by Texas and the Southeast, the U.S. added a record amount of solar power in 2020.
-
Bowing to investors, Microsoft will make its devices easier to fix
In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the company has committed to increasing access to spare parts and repair documents.
-
Cargo-ship congestion is bringing more dirty air to Southern California
Those supply-chain problems you’ve heard about? They have consequences for public health.
-
US corporations talk green but are helping derail major climate bill
Apple and Amazon are among dozens of companies whose lobbying groups are fighting to stop the Democrats’ reconciliation package.
Subscribe
The Beacon
Need a daily dose of good climate news? Subscribe to The Beacon to receive daily updates from Grist on solutions driving us forward. Always free, and always fresh.
SubscribeTemperature Check
In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
Subscribe