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Why aren't tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame …
Sep 23, 2024 · This spring in Michigan, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Potawatomi, or Gun Lake Tribe, received $4 million from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience …
Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane …
Oct 4, 2024 · This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics.. The conspiracy theories started swirling even as …
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought
May 24, 2024 · Thwaites Glacier, often dubbed the “ Doomsday Glacier, ” already accounts for 4 percent of the planet’s sea level rise and loses 50 billion tons of ice annually. When it …
Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says
Feb 6, 2024 · According to the study, the world has already seen storms that would qualify as Category 6s. “We expected that climate change was going to make the winds of the most …
The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace ...
Oct 2, 2024 · In total, the project would likely take six more years and $1.6 billion. Once the reservoir is built, Ramírez told reporters, both locals and the canal will have all the water they …
Flood-ravaged North Carolina races to restore voting access after ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images. Prior to Helene, four elections were significantly disrupted by hurricanes in the 21st century: Hurricane Katrina in …
Climate change is messing with city sewers — and the ... - Grist
Aug 21, 2024 · According to the sewer commission’s calculations, the city’s sewer separation works in 2021 cost an average of $340,000 per acre. Around 88 acres of work were done that …
Helene and Milton reveal a new threat for first responders: EV fires ...
Oct 11, 2024 · When a hurricane like Helene or Milton ravages coastal communities, already-strained first responders face a novel, and growing, threat: the lithium-ion batteries that power …
Trump’s proposed mass deportations could ‘decimate’ the ... - Grist
Oct 15, 2024 · Stephen Miller, the advisor who shaped Trump’s hard-line immigration policy, has touted mass deportations as a labor market intervention that will boost wages for American …