The city with the most lead pipes in the nation is paying way above average to fix them. Officials can't fully explain why.

Geography, wildfires, natural gas, wind energy, regulatory free-for-alls — these are some of the factors that determine your electric bills.

Rising electricity rates across the country are adding pressure to families and businesses already dealing with inflation in other aspects of their lives. Most Americans get their power from a utility...

Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.

It’s been a year since catastrophic fires tore through Los Angeles. For those who lived through them, the impacts are still being felt. Rebuilding in the aftermath of more frequent and severe fossil-f...

Food pantries in the Lone Star State have lost over $50 million in funding this year, with more projected cuts to come.

As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.

People, companies, and government agencies don’t always return your phone calls. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of documents that are out in the open. Lawsuits, Ins...

GOP leaders claim that repealing pollution rules and tax breaks for renewables will fuel an energy boom. Experts say the opposite.

A complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 and 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage ...

Warehouses all over the country store products sterilized with a toxic gas. Join us to learn how to get more info and take action locally.

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

Contribute to Grist-Data-Desk/eto-scroll-animation development by creating an account on GitHub.

Radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow produced his first science stories back in 1970 during the inaugural Earth Day. Since then, he has worked for Emmy Award-winning science programs and covered science...

From El Paso to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

From El Paso, Texas to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

The USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs, supply shortfalls, and the end of donations at charitable groups across the country — all as hunger continues to climb.

Two former EPA staffers on what the closure of the agency’s environmental justice offices means for the country and the ‘irony’ of Trump’s agenda.

The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

Nonprofits are suing the bank to save a federal green investment program.

Federal programs are a lifeline for farmers. Now many are questioning whether they can stay in business.

The EPA will reverse the finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health. Naveena Sadasivam, senior staff writer at Grist, explains what the "endangerment finding" has contributed.

EPA chief Lee Zeldin wants to demolish the bedrock of greenhouse gas regulation. It won’t be easy.

From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.

A sudden surge in tree planting across New Orleans has come to an even more sudden halt.

Despite court orders to release grants, many organizations working on climate projects still don't have access to contractually obligated money.

Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."

More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA ...

Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."

In just two weeks, Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the U.S. and who will be left to ...

Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."

Critics argue that the agency’s work with a lobbying group is a conflict of interest.

Despite President Donald Trump’s calls to "drill, baby, drill,” many oil companies operating in the Gulf will likely sit on hundreds of untapped oil leases.

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and pork ramen.

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and pork ramen.