The latest from the Grist on the environment
The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent hot weather.
Posted: July 26, 2026, 1:00 pm
The GOP spent years circling the state as a key 2026 pickup opportunity. But after a lopsided election loss, doubts are creeping in.
Posted: July 25, 2026, 1:00 pm
Oil companies face new legal challenges, such as a recent suit for wrongful death, and older cases that are creeping toward trial.
Posted: July 24, 2026, 8:45 am
A new 12-point plan calls for stronger protections for Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change, conflict, and other threats intensify.
Posted: July 24, 2026, 8:30 am
Despite fearmongering that EVs will crash the grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power.
Posted: July 23, 2026, 1:00 pm
Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.
Posted: July 23, 2026, 8:45 am
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
Posted: July 23, 2026, 8:30 am
Record heat, wildfire threats, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.
Posted: July 23, 2026, 8:15 am
Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.
Posted: July 23, 2026, 8:00 am
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
Posted: July 22, 2026, 8:45 am
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