How to deal with burnout on a burning planet
In this month’s Ask a Climate Therapist column, we’re tackling two questions at once — each examining similar them...
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
Across the country, the electricity needs of data centers have been a major driver of the widespread resistance to...
The fossil fuel industry is spending record amounts to keep California from regulating it
The fossil fuel industry isn’t just raking in record profits amid the war with Iran. In California, it’s also spen...
On Louisiana’s vanishing coast, a giant natural gas terminal is poised to expand
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist a...
‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer sp...
The great American road trip is in peril
My husband, friends, and I sat huddled at a faux-marble-topped table in the lobby of our Utah hotel, looking down ...
Offshore wind projects along the East Coast are flailing
With congested, aging power lines and a densely developed landscape, the East Coast has few options for building l...
US companies are on the cusp of big climate solutions. Thank the government.
The United States has never been one of the most ambitious countries when it comes to tackling climate change, but...
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Cattle are a central part of the identity of Andrew Msami’s Maasai community in northeast Tanzania. Herd size dete...
Tennessee helped make nuclear history. It wants to do it again.
Luther “Sunny” Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufa...