Former EPA Officials Warn Trump Administration’s Deregulation of Data Centers Poses Immediate Public Health Threat
While prominent tech executives and industry leaders frequently command headlines by grandstanding about the long-term, existential dangers that artificial intelligence superintelligence could theoretically pose to humanity, a group of former…
Global Climate Data Finds a Safe Haven in Germany Amid US Political Shifts
In a modern five-story building in the center of Hamburg, Germany, technicians are preparing to install several new server racks—the gray metal casings that hold essential computing hardware—alongside the scores…
Federal Appeals Court Rules U.S. Constitution Does Not Guarantee Right to Clean Drinking Water Amid Jackson Crisis
A federal appeals court has delivered a consequential legal blow to residents of Jackson, Mississippi, ruling that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee Americans a fundamental right to clean and…
Proposed Forest Service Rule Change Sparks Intense Debate Over Motorized Recreation and Conservation on Public Lands
For millions of Americans seeking a thrilling escape into the wilderness, the nation’s national forests offer an expansive playground. Whether they are navigating dirt trails on all-terrain vehicles, carving through…
From Ban to Reconsideration: A Rural Idaho County Revisits Its Clean Energy Future
Jeff Hough did not pull any punches. Standing before a packed courthouse in Pocatello, the Bannock County commissioner warned his fellow officials that what they were about to do would…
The Climate Reserve: How Laid-Off Federal Scientists Are Fighting Back Against Funding Cuts
Last year was a deeply challenging period for anyone who studies climate change for a living, marking a dramatic and unsettling pivot in the American scientific landscape. The United States,…
In the Shadow of the Strategic Shield: How the U.S. Military Buildchip is Reshaping Guam and the Pacific
This story was published in partnership with The Intercept. Leevin Camacho was brushing his teeth one day last fall when his phone rang. It was his mother, calling with alarming…
A Record-Breaking El Niño and a Silent Atlantic: How Two Extreme Weather Events are Intertwined
Off the Pacific coast of South America, a monumental shift in the Earth’s climate system is taking shape. A massive band of warm water known as El Niño is rapidly…
Bridging the Generational Divide: How Family Friction Over Consumer Habits Connects to the Climate Movement
In contemporary family dynamics, few tensions are as quietly persistent as the clash of consumer philosophies between different generations. A recent exchange published through Grist’s "Ask a Climate Therapist" advice…
The "Super El Niño" of 2026: Record-Breaking Pacific Warming Signals a Dangerous Future for Global Climate
By now, the headlines have become a daily fixture in the global news cycle, describing a weather phenomenon that climate scientists are calling jaw-dropping. Poised to exacerbate global warming to…