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Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes - people in walkable cities get about 20 percent ...
They brought in their big heavy equipment and started coming up Little River to remove debris,” Huggins said. The workers, ...
As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the ...
The United States is drifting ever further away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?
New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge ...
Scientists are exploring whether encouraging phytoplankton growth could sequester atmospheric carbon without harming oceanic ...
Despite strong evidence that plastics are harmful to people, oil-producing countries oppose action on human health.
“If you look at the wind and solar industry, it took decades for the cost to come down,” Aaron Bergman, a fellow at Resources for the Future, a nonprofit focused on energy and the environment, told ...
In our new series, The Disaster Economy, Grist exposes the systems that turn recovery into a marketplace — and gives readers like you the tools to navigate and challenge them.
Two years after the devastating 2023 Maui wildfires, homeowners may be facing the prospect of repaying mortgage loans ...
As countries continue to emit heat-trapping greenhouse gases, a warmer planet is fueling more severe hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts, and temperatures. Responding to — and rebuilding from — ...