New research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of ...

This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics.

In a special Election Day edition of State of Emergency, Zoya Teirstein reports from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Election Day in Lake Charles, Louisiana began with heavy rain and tornado warnings. Belts of precipitation traveling up from ...

Republican David Valadao has held his blue district by fighting for thirsty farms. With control of Congress on the line, his luck may run out.

A newly discovered bacterium could help humans deal with climate change — if scientists can figure out how to crack open its DNA.

A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their ...

Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It is published with support from the CO2 ...

Indigenous activist Nemonte Nenquino fought drilling in the Amazon. Her new memoir is the pick of Reese Witherspoon's book club this month.

Los Angeles County announced last week that it’s suing PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic pollution, arguing that the soda giants’ plastic bottles have harmed public health and the environment and ...

A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.

Past research has shown that a hurricane can both suppress and galvanize voters. An otherwise politically engaged person who ...