America’s Nuclear ‘Downwinders’ Deserve Justice
Countless Americans were poisoned by the nuclear arms race — and their federal compensation just expired. That’s an outrage.
Biden Administration Announces More Than $2 Billion in Grants to Boost US Power Grid
The grid is overburdened, under-resourced — and vital to the energy transition. New federal funding aims to increase capacity and get more clean energy built.
Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
"Rather than doing something about its role in the climate crisis, Citi is choosing instead to target climate activists with false charges and unwarranted arrests," said cellist John Mark Rozendaal.
Carbon Credits Are Supposed to Funnel Money to Poor Countries. Do They?
Researchers say there is "no evidence" that they bring economic benefits to communities where projects are based.
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State
In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against…
Real-Time Data Show the Air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Is Even Worse Than Expected
By Naveena Sadasivam / Grist Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as “Cancer Alley.” The…
Texas Has ‘the Most Aggressive’ Well-Plugging Program in the U.S. So Why Is Its To-Do List So Long?
No state has punched more holes in its bedrock than the Lone Star State. The environmental risks are staggering, and so are the clean up costs
What’s the Difference Between Indigenous Nations Co-managing or Co-stewarding Their Land? A Lot.
By Taylar Dawn Stagner / Grist For a decade, wind farm companies had been eyeing Molok Luyuk — a mountain ridge of religious importance to tribes in northern California, whose…
UN Puts Spotlight on Attacks Against Indigenous Land Defenders
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
Why Are Politicians Still Courting the Nefarious Fossil Fuel Lobby?
High-level government participation in an oil and gas industry conference shows official disdain for the public interest; it’s time to make fossil fuels politically toxic.
Forest Service Warns of Budget Cuts Ahead of a Risky Wildfire Season – What That Means for Safety
By Camille Stevens-Rumann and Jude Bayham / The Conversation A wet winter and spring followed by a hot, dry summer can be a dangerous combination in the Western U.S. The…
How the US Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-pipeline Movement
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
Trinidad and Tobago Mulls Historic Disaster Declaration After ‘Ghost Ship’ Oil Spill
"Right now the situation is not under control," the prime minister said Sunday on the eve of the Caribbean nation's world-renowned Carnival.
Campus Divestment Activists Eye Fossil Fuel Profits on Stolen Land
Grist investigation reveals 14 land-grant universities making millions off Indigenous land.
Human Rights Watch Blames Louisiana Regulators for Low Birth Weights in Cancer Alley
In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.