How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels | Grist
Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters and nudging Germany toward its clean energy goals.| Grist
Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters and nudging Germany toward its clean energy goals.| Grist
Utilities are boring and opaque, but central to any clean-energy future. So it's time to demystify them. Here's a plainspoken intro to how they work, and why.| Grist
A nonprofit media organization telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.| Grist
People eat, drink, and breathe in tiny pieces of plastics — but what they do inside the body is still unknown.| Grist
Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading U.S. utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards, as a whole they had been showing some progress. | Grist
The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023.| Grist
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.| Grist
For 6 weeks last winter, Dover's public library offered the city an alternative to fast fashion by lending clothes.| Grist
An investigation into the landmark trial that could determine who pays to rid America’s drinking water of "forever chemicals."| Grist
The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents.| Grist
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump| Grist
The Department of Transportation has threatened to pull funding for high-profile climate-friendly projects in California, New York, and Washington, D.C.| Grist
Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.| Grist
The tolls promise cleaner air, safer streets, and improved subways.| Grist
While labor experts say the regulation is progressing quickly, advocacy groups wonder what has taken so long| Grist
Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.| Grist
Despite strong evidence that plastics are harmful to people, oil-producing countries oppose action on human health.| Grist
Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.| Grist
Trump calls climate change a hoax. But at the state level, the climate fight will continue — or even accelerate.| Grist
A new report documents how cities around the world are becoming more liveable and sustainable in the face of climate change.| Grist
Mycorrhizal fungi help plants thrive, and sequester a lot of carbon. But a new atlas shows these climate warriors need urgent protection.| Grist
Scientists found that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.| Grist
New research finds immense potential for “floatovoltaics." They could gather energy from the sun and shade the water, reducing evaporation.| Grist
Georgia was going to retire its coal plants, but then the data centers arrived. AI is pushing energy providers back to fossil fuels.| Grist
Beyond the jokes about Uber inventing bus lines are serious questions about what its shuttle service will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.| Grist
In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.| Grist
Biden's $2 trillion climate and infrastructure plan.| Grist
Growing food is a precarious business, and losing access to key information makes it worse.| Grist
The U.S. Forest Service stewards 193 million acres of public lands from Alaska to Florida. So why is it so overworked and understaffed?| Grist
Santa Ana winds topping 90 mph and extra-dry vegetation have fueled what may become the costliest wildfires on record.| Grist
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in rural Arizona to a radical solution: government regulation of its groundwater.| Grist
Led by Arizona, cities and states across the West are storing water in underground rock beds for future use, building the water equivalent of a savings account.| Grist
Despite water woes in “wildcat” neighborhoods, lawmakers may not act.| Grist
The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and dry spells.| Grist
A century-old miscalculation has California and Arizona fighting over water. Again.| Grist
Arizona has paused new housing construction around the city, citing a water shortage.| Grist
The state’s decision will do little to solve a water shortage largely driven by irrigated agriculture.| Grist
Despite the setback, environmental attorneys think similar litigation can succeed elsewhere.| Grist
It’s the single biggest climate package in US history.| Grist
“This is a historic moment for California, for our partner states, and for the world.”| Grist
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A hurricane is made of more than wind and rain. They full of data that will help improve the forecasts that determine whom to evacuate.| Grist
Kamala Harris' record on energy spending, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice.| Grist
Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway.| Grist
Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or burned.| Grist
In cities like Tucson, Arizona, people are transforming community spaces into parks teeming with edible plants.| Grist
Everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.| Grist
As restrictions spread, neighborhoods are getting quieter — and cleaner.| Grist
