Electric Bills are Bonkers. What Can We Do About It?

February 27, 2026

Around the country, electric bills have been rising a lot in recent years. Climate-amplified extreme weather isn’t helping.“ Large swaths of the

EPA Cancels Billions in Grants. Recipients Won’t Back Down.

February 20, 2026

Congress approved billions for federal grants and programs through the EPA during the Biden administration. Those dollars were meant to help

Figure It Out…Or Else: Feds to Colorado River States

February 13, 2026

It’s been an unusually warm and dry winter across the west, and that’s bad news for the seven states and 40 million people that rely on water from the

Crude Behavior: Venezuela and the Global Politics of Oil

February 6, 2026

On January 3, U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, and flew them to New York to stand trial for drug trafficking

Under the Weather: The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis

January 30, 2026

As the planet warms, the story of climate change is increasingly becoming a story about human health. Rising temperatures, wildfire smoke, flooding

Beyond the Obvious: What We’re Watching in 2026

January 23, 2026

We’re only about a month into the new year, and already so much has happened – from the Trump administration’s forcible removal of Venezuela’s

Crop Shoot: Farmers Caught Up In Policy Turmoil

January 16, 2026

Agriculture is directly responsible for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates emissions from

Inside The Chaotic, Lucrative ‘Disaster Economy’ with Grist

January 9, 2026

It’s been a year since catastrophic fires tore through Los Angeles. For those who lived through them, the impacts are still being felt. Haley Geller

ENCORE: Gloria Walton and Wawa Gatheru Believe in Grassroots Change, Not Just Charity

January 2, 2026

Those standing up to climate and environmental injustice face challenges they weren’t seeing a year ago. But Gloria Walton, president and CEO of The

ENCORE: Solar Power to the People

December 26, 2025

At this moment, the cheapest way to create electricity is by pointing a solar panel at the sun. That’s good news for the climate. It’s also good news

This Year in Climate: 2025

December 19, 2025

2025 has been a doozy in so many ways. And climate news has been no exception. It was one of the hottest years on record, again. We are witnessing the

Jonathan Foley: 2025 Schneider Award Winner

December 12, 2025

Every year we highlight the work of a scientist who excels in communicating their work to the world by awarding them the Stephen H. Schneider Award

Faith in Climate Progress

December 5, 2025

It’s been ten years since Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on climate and caring for our common home, Laudato Si’. That call to people of

ENCORE: Small Dollar, Big Impact

November 28, 2025

The Earth doesn’t care where cuts to heat-trapping pollution happen. So if we’re interested in getting the biggest bang for our climate buck, maybe we

Joe Manchin: Coal, Climate, and ‘Common Sense’

November 21, 2025

Joe Manchin grew up in the coal fields of West Virginia, the grandson of a miner and the son of a small-town grocer. His worldview was shaped by a

Reports from COP30: Climate Talks in the Amazon

November 14, 2025

Leaders from around the world are meeting at COP30 in Brazil to share their plans to address global warming and climate disruption. This year’s global

Environmental Peacebuilders Working in the Midst of War

November 7, 2025

Fossil-fueled climate disruption is driving political instability around the world. The relationship between climate disasters and conflict are well

When Climate Work Comes at a Cost: Dispatches From the Upside Down

October 31, 2025

Human-caused climate change is fueling extreme floods, wildfires, rising seas, and record-breaking heat all around the world. At the same time, some

Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough

October 24, 2025

This episode features a field piece by David Condos, who originally reported the story for KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah.So much of the conversation

Ani Dasgupta on Moving from Promises to Progress

October 17, 2025

We know what needs to be done to ward off the worst impacts of global climate disruption: rein in heat-trapping pollution, reverse deforestation