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Posted inClimate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Trump Wins, Planet Loses

by Grist November 6, 2024
Posted inAdvocacy, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The race for clean energy is local

by Grist November 5, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate Change, Featured, Latest News, News, Policy, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Science, Technology, Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

by Grist October 23, 2024
Posted inEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, Michigan, News, Region

Michigan’s ambitious clean energy laws face a peninsula-sized hurdle

by Grist September 11, 2024
Posted inAdvocacy, Chicago, Climate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract

by Grist August 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose

by Grist July 12, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods

by Grist July 10, 2024
Posted inFeatured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting

by Grist May 2, 2024
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time

by Grist April 11, 2024
Posted inAgriculture, Featured, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News

Is the USDA’s spending on ‘climate-smart’ farming actually helping the climate?

by Grist March 7, 2024

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