The Arrival of the "Super El Niño": How an Extreme Weather Pattern is Testing Global Resilience and Climate Science
By now, the headlines have become impossible to ignore, flashing across news feeds with alarming frequency. Described by meteorologists and researchers as "jaw-dropping," this year’s climate anomalies are poised to…
Trump Administration Dismantles Federal Auto Emissions Rules, Leaving California to Defend Climate Policy
The Trump administration moved aggressively to dismantle the federal government’s oversight of greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, finalizing a plan to substantially ease fuel-efficiency standards. This latest regulatory shift…
Colorado Ranchers Push Back Against Big Oil as High Court Weighs Landmark Climate Liability Case
Deirdre Macnab was reading her local newspaper this spring when she learned that Rio Blanco County, where she lives in northwest Colorado, had taken a decisive side in a major…
Indigenous Leadership and Governance Are Vital to Global Climate Resilience, New Report Warns
From the snow-swept territories of Canada to the lush basins of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the rugged mountains of Nepal, Indigenous lands are increasingly on the frontline of planetary change.…
State Climate Superfund Laws Face Legal Hurdles, But Lawmakers Push Forward Ahead of High-Stakes Supreme Court Battle
Last week, another federal judge blocked New York’s landmark “climate superfund law,” delivering a significant setback to the state’s ambitious attempt to make major fossil fuel companies pay billions of…
Tom Cruise and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ Struggles Under the Weight of Climate Parable
If you scroll down through the "Carbon Majors" database—the roster of 178 corporate producers collectively responsible for the lion’s share of the world’s historical fossil fuel emissions—you will eventually encounter…
Illinois Pushed to Revive Groundbreaking Climate Migration Law After Stalled Rollout
This story is a partnership between Grist and Chicago Public Media, a public media company serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Every single year, climate-driven disasters force millions of people to…
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…
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,…
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…