EartherExtreme Weather Not Good: Hurricane Beryl Is the Earliest Category 5 Storm in Recorded History The hurricane already hit Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines with venom, and now encroaches on Jamaica. By Isaac Schultz Updated July 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Engineers Can Build a Site to Secure Nuclear Waste for 100,000 Years. Who Will Live Nearby? The material left behind by nuclear fission remains radioactive for millennia. Safely disposing of it requires stashing it for, essentially, eternity. Austyn Gaffney, Grist Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice Pollution From Epic Ohio Train Wreck Put 110 Million Americans at Risk A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist Published June 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Thousands of American Climate Corps Workers Will Deploy This Month This month, some 9,000 people will get to work guiding the country toward a cleaner future. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 19, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change The Hotter It Gets, the Harder It Is to Find Your Words A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 17, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage How the Recycling Symbol Became Meaningless Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice America’s Notorious ‘Cancer Alley’ Is Even More Toxic Than We Thought A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models. Naveena Sadasivam, Grist Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change The Mysterious X Factor Behind 2023’s Unbelievable Heat Was this extra warming a blip, or a sign that climate change is veering off predictable tracks? Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Grist Published June 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather A Homeowner Mutiny in Florida Is Leaving the State More Vulnerable to Hurricanes The federal government is refusing to restore eroded beaches in Pinellas County unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access. Jake Bittle, Grist Published June 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather This Summer Could Bring Some of the Wildest Weather Yet El Niño has been rough. Its departure could be even rougher. Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Grist Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherCities Cities Stare Down ‘Day Zero’ as Reservoirs Go Dry Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought. Jake Bittle, Grist Published May 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather How ‘Kitty Cats’ Are Wrecking the Home Insurance Industry Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs. Jake Bittle, Grist Published May 16, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change How the Dairy Industry Took Over Your Feed A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales. H. Claire Brown, Grist Published May 13, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change First New U.S. Aluminum Smelter in 45 Years Could Cut Production Emissions by 75% The Green Aluminum Smelter could double the amount of virgin aluminum the U.S. produces. Maddie Stone, Grist Published May 10, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Return-to-Office Mandates Could Get in the Way of Some Supposedly Important Corporate Goals The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions. Kate Yoder, Grist Published April 30, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherCities Cities Scramble to Find Trees That Will Survive the Century “Everybody is looking for the magic tree" as arborists seek a whole new urban forest. Laura Hautala, Grist Published April 24, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Staggering Quantities of Valuable Metals Are Winding Up in the Garbage Bin Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining. Maddie Stone, Grist Published April 22, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy A 300-Mile Transmission Line Could Help Decarbonize the Southeast. Power Companies Want to Stop It Some lawmakers and local utilities are against a project that advocates say would reduce power bills and protect residents from blackouts. Gautama Mehta, Grist Published April 17, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Georgia’s Vogtle Plant Could Be the Beginning—or the End—of America’s New Nuclear Era The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask. Gautama Mehta, Grist Published April 9, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Amazon Is Ditching Plastic Packaging Abroad—but Using Even More in the U.S. A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations. Joseph Winters, Grist Published April 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
