Beyond the Ballot: Why Cost of Living Outweighs Climate Change for Black Voters Facing a Tech Boom
For 18-year-old Elijah Lee, environmental advocacy has never been an abstract or distant concept. Growing up in a predominantly Black, low-income community in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, his everyday life…
Navigating the Storm of Misinformation: Grist and Climate Central Host Virtual Conversation on Extreme Weather Communication
As extreme weather events become increasingly frequent and severe across the globe, they do not only bring physical destruction, power outages, and infrastructural strain; they also create fertile ground for…
New State of the Climate Report Issues Stark Warning as Vital Earth Systems Reach Record Extremes
A comprehensive new scientific assessment examining more than a dozen of the Earth’s life-sustaining systems paints a sobering picture of our ecological future. Published in the journal BioScience, the seventh…
Dire State of the Climate Report Warns of Planetary Diagnosis and Highlights Food System Pressures
A comprehensive new scientific assessment examining more than a dozen of the Earth’s core life-sustaining systems paints a deeply concerning picture of the planet’s current trajectory. Published in the journal…
Navigating the Storm of Misinformation: Grist and Climate Central Host Virtual Conversation on Extreme Weather Communication
As the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events continue to escalate globally, communities find themselves increasingly vulnerable not only to physical devastation, but also to a secondary crisis: the…
Europe’s Record-Breaking Summer Marked by Extreme Heatwaves and Over 50,000 Urban Excess Deaths
Climate scientists have already established that Europe’s sweltering summer was the hottest on record, bringing widespread disruption, infrastructure strain, and environmental crisis across the continent. Now, new research reveals that…
How a Century of Petroleum Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with fossil fuels? Everything, according to the petroleum industry. An advertisement from the major pipeline company Energy Transfer follows two…
How a Century of PR and Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with the global fossil fuel industry? Absolutely everything, according to a prominent commercial produced by the pipeline company Energy Transfer.…
Profits Over People: How Ruidoso Prioritized Tourism and Left Visitors Blind to Deadly Post-Fire Floods
This story was co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was campaigning to…
When Tourism Trumps Public Safety: How Ignored Warnings and Post-Fire Floods Led to Tragedy in Ruidoso
Peak tourist season had arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and Mayor Lynn Crawford was aggressively campaigning to convince the public that the mountain village was completely safe. A Republican with…