The latest from the Grist on the environment

As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
Author: Rebecca Egan McCarthy
Posted: December 23, 2025, 8:45 am
The Trump administration has halted five already approved offshore wind projects despite rising electricity demand.
Author: Tik Root
Posted: December 22, 2025, 7:36 pm
Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists, and Indigenous peoples.
Author: Anita Hofschneider
Posted: December 22, 2025, 9:45 am
The Department of Defense is stockpiling cobalt, lithium, and other minerals at the expense of climate action, a new report warns.
Author: Sophie Hurwitz
Posted: December 22, 2025, 9:30 am
With rural food programs stretched especially thin and climate change driving up prices, meat donations and local initiatives are trying to fill the gap.
Author: Emily Jones
Posted: December 22, 2025, 9:15 am
Amid its $20 billion EV failure, the storied automaker will retool a Kentucky plant to try and break into the booming energy storage sector.
Author: Julian Spector, Canary Media
Posted: December 21, 2025, 2:00 pm
Angela Frederick’s new book is a call to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
Author: Julia Métraux, Mother Jones
Posted: December 20, 2025, 2:00 pm
No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.
Author: Lois Parshley
Posted: December 19, 2025, 9:45 am
In a year shaped by Trump's return to the White House, the new administration touted "energy dominance" and protesters threw eggs at "swasticars."
Author: Kate Yoder
Posted: December 19, 2025, 9:30 am
Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound."
Author: Matt Simon
Posted: December 18, 2025, 6:26 pm