How Vermont lost track of millions in FEMA flood recovery funds
This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response...
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Paris Agreement helping to avert dozens of hot days each year, scientists say
Meeting Paris Agreement goals that have put the world on track for warming of 2.6C this century so far would halve the...
The strategy behind Trump’s climate catchphrase, the ‘Green New Scam’
The phrase that has come to define the Trump administration’s message on climate change was born in Durham, New Hampshire,...
COP30 president hints Brazil may be open to a cover decision in Belém
Until recently, the Brazilian team running the COP30 UN climate summit next month had stated strongly that they had no plan...
Global conservation body backs genetically modified wildlife over Indigenous opposition
This week, members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature, one of the world’s largest conservation groups,...
US, Saudi-led alliance plunges green shipping deal into doubt
The US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and their allies have spearheaded a push to alter the approval process for a hard-fought green...
After years of war, Gaza faces an environmental crisis ‘above imagination’
Over two years of nearly incessant bombardment, Israeli forces have killed over 60,000 Palestinians, at least a third of...
Countries must confront fossil fuels head-on in their NDCs
Sergio DÃaz is legal director at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. As governments submit their updated...
How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill
Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the grid or save it. The sun...
US-led alliance delays adoption of green shipping deal for a year
A landmark deal to clean up the global shipping industry’s emissions has been postponed for at least a year, after a...
