The latest from the Grist on the environment

To fight climate change, the world needs copper. The third largest deposit on the planet is in Arizona, a site the San Carlos Apache say is “like Mount Sinai to us.”
Author: Taylar Dawn Stagner
Posted: March 19, 2024, 8:45 am
The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
Author: Sachi Mulkey
Posted: March 18, 2024, 8:45 am
Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.
Author: Alison F. Takemura, Canary Media
Posted: March 17, 2024, 1:00 pm
So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them.
Author: Ed Struzik, Yale E360
Posted: March 16, 2024, 1:00 pm
Until now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps.
Author: Alleen Brown
Posted: March 15, 2024, 8:45 am
Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done."
Author: Lylla Younes
Posted: March 14, 2024, 11:20 pm
Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
Author: Joseph Winters
Posted: March 14, 2024, 6:17 pm
Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain.
Author: Emily Jones
Posted: March 14, 2024, 8:45 am
Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.
Author: Naveena Sadasivam
Posted: March 13, 2024, 1:30 pm
Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected.
Author: Nate Rosenfield
Posted: March 13, 2024, 8:45 am