Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere (grist.org)
The state’s decision will do little to solve a water shortage largely driven by irrigated agriculture....
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for 6 days in a row (grist.org)
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for six days in a row (grist.org)
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels....
The ocean is turning green. Yes, it's climate change. (grist.org)
More than half of the world’s oceans have changed colors in the past 20 years, becoming more green than blue. The culprit? Climate change. In a study, published Wednesday in Nature, decades worth of research showed 56 percent of the world’s oceans experienced color change between 2002 to 2022.
New York calls PepsiCo's plastic pollution a 'public nuisance' in first-of-its-kind lawsuit (grist.org)
The company’s packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River....
In Texas, oilfield companies helped to craft new waste rules for 2 years before the public got to see them (grist.org)
State regulators on Monday released their draft rules for what to do with all the hazardous oilfield waste that’s left over once a well is drilled. The announcement gives the public one month to comment on the new rules — while some industry representatives started giving input more than two years ago, documents and...
Amazon deforestation continues to plummet (grist.org)
August was another month of relatively good news for the Amazon rainforest: The rate of deforestation has continued to decline significantly....
DOE commits $450M to install rooftop solar for highest-need Puerto Ricans (grist.org)
Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back. (grist.org)
New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t | It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised. (grist.org)
Biden’s climate law fines oil companies for methane pollution. The bill is coming due. Recent research suggests the IRA’s methane fee could batter the oil and gas industry to the tune of $1 Billion+ (grist.org)
US Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren't there laws to protect them? (grist.org)
Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws | Grist (grist.org)
Decades after the US buried nuclear waste abroad, climate change could unearth it | melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Isla (grist.org)
How 14 public universities are profiting in the billions from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land (grist.org)
A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay. Vermont joins three others in trying to make the fossil fuel industry finance climate action. (grist.org)
In France, zero-waste experiments tackle a tough problem: People's habits (grist.org)
Local initiatives in Roubaix and Nouvelle-Aquitaine try different strategies for waste reduction — and behavior change....
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict (grist.org)
Most people in West Maui get water from the county’s public water system. But Martin-built developments such as Launiupoko, a community of a few hundred large homes outside of Lāhainā, draw their water from three private utility systems that he controls, siphoning underground aquifers and mountain streams to fill swimming...
Amazon deforestation continues to plummet (grist.org)
Black water: How industry is fighting stricter controls for a little-known drinking water contaminant (grist.org)
High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a battle with the EPA....
[Analysis] The true cost of climate pollution? 44% of corporate profits. Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels. (grist.org)
What if companies had to pay for the problems their carbon emissions cause? Their profits would plunge, according to new estimates, possibly wiping out trillions in financial gains....
In a historic about-face, Apple publicly supports right-to-repair bill (grist.org)
Nevada shows states how to build workforce for solar energy boom (grist.org)
380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable. (grist.org)
Hackers already infiltrate EV chargers (grist.org)
one featured a picture of President Biden pointing his finger, with an “I did that!” caption. the hosts of The Kilowatts tweeted a video showing it was possible to take control of an Electrify America station’s operating system. cracks could conceivably permit hackers to access vehicle data or consumers’ credit card...
