The latest from the Grist on the environment

"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything."
Author: Irina Zhorov
Posted: April 15, 2026, 8:45 am
After accusing Illinois of being an "unreliable partner," the Trump administration is handing control of a billion-dollar carp barrier to Michigan.
Author: Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
Posted: April 15, 2026, 8:30 am
Supporters hope the move will serve as a model for other places balancing surging energy demand and climate goals.
Author: Emily Jones
Posted: April 15, 2026, 8:15 am
After years of delays, the place to rest, recharge, and escape the elements is a major — but incomplete — win for the people delivering your burrito bowls.
Author: Frida Garza
Posted: April 14, 2026, 12:56 pm
The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, the disaster agency is still in disarray.
Author: Jake Bittle
Posted: April 14, 2026, 8:45 am
"You're probably feeling it in ways you don't realize.”
Author: Tik Root
Posted: April 14, 2026, 8:15 am
On a snowy February morning, Toby Rodgers strapped on a pair of snowshoes and trudged across a snowy field in Washington’s Cascade mountains. Rodgers, a hydrologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, had traveled into the mountains that morning to sample snow. He had also brought along something unusual looking: a […]
Author: Jesse Nichols
Posted: April 14, 2026, 8:00 am
Louisiana LNG is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any other natural gas terminal in the country.
Author: Tristan Baurick
Posted: April 13, 2026, 8:45 am
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.
Author: Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune
Posted: April 12, 2026, 1:00 pm
A lawsuit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states.
Author: Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main
Posted: April 11, 2026, 1:00 pm