The latest from the Grist on the environment

The vice president once pushed for restoration funding. Advocates hope he hasn't forgotten.
Author: Izzy Ross
Posted: February 14, 2025, 9:45 am
Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs. What happens when they disappear?
Author: Zoya Teirstein
Posted: February 14, 2025, 9:30 am
Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.
Author: Ayurella Horn-Muller
Posted: February 14, 2025, 9:15 am
As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the wrong way to frame it.
Author: Kate Yoder
Posted: February 14, 2025, 9:00 am
Courts have ordered the president to release Biden-era climate money — but he’s holding out.
Author: Jake Bittle
Posted: February 13, 2025, 9:45 am
From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.
Author: Clayton Aldern
Posted: February 13, 2025, 9:30 am
As it recovers, Altadena finds inspiration in other wildfire-devastated communities that have replanted lawns, gardens, and green spaces with fire-resistant native species.
Author: Kylie Mohr
Posted: February 13, 2025, 9:15 am
A program was trying to mitigate the loss of 200,000 trees to Hurricane Katrina.
Author: Tristan Baurick
Posted: February 13, 2025, 9:00 am
Utilities nationwide are falling back on fossil fuels to meet huge energy demand.
Author: Emily Jones
Posted: February 12, 2025, 9:45 am
Despite court orders to release federal grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.
Author: Naveena Sadasivam
Posted: February 12, 2025, 9:30 am