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1 year after the toxic train derailment, is East Palestine safe? Depends on whom you ask.
"We are truly the canaries in the coal mine."
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![Mayabel Rents waits for a bus during a tidal flooding event in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2015.]()
![Mayabel Rents waits for a bus during a tidal flooding event in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2015.]()
Study: Climate migration will leave the elderly behind
Coastal populations will get older — and more fragile — as young people flee rising seas, according to new academic research.
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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
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24 Climate Predictions for 2024
Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.
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Buying an EV just got more affordable
The federal tax credit is now available as an upfront rebate, making EVs more accessible to low- and-middle-income households.
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![Florida, Sarasota, Saralake Estates Mobile Home Park, aerial overhead view.]()
![Florida, Sarasota, Saralake Estates Mobile Home Park, aerial overhead view.]()
How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience
After people buy back the land beneath their mobile homes, renewables tend to crop up.
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The World Bank is running the first-ever climate reparations fund. Nobody is happy about it.
The U.S.-dominated institution has a track record of harming the very nations it purports to help.
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Climate reparations are becoming a reality. Here’s what they could look like.
Grist asked 10 countries how they would use the long-awaited “loss and damage” fund launched at COP28.
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![Youth climate activists waving pickets join a demonstration in New York City demanding climate action.]()
The latest youth climate lawsuit tries a novel argument: The unique environmental vulnerability of children
Eighteen California children say the EPA fails to recognize the unique physical and mental impacts climate change has on kids.
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‘I’ll just eat on the way’: A climate activist’s 18-hour sprint through COP28
How Harjeet Singh spends his days trying to influence the fight to save the planet — all while running on little more than a cheese sandwich.
