Where federal dollars and green jobs are flowing, unions see an opportunity to organize the right-to-work South.
The government is refusing to restore eroded beaches in coastal Florida counties unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access.
https://grist.org/extreme-weather/redington-shores-tampa-florida-beach-erosion-hurricanes/
While Floridians suffered through record heat, DeSantis signed legislation keeping "windmills off our beaches."
https://grist.org/politics/desantis-signs-florida-law-removing-climate-change/
Most young people aren’t sure how to take action. Biden’s program could provide much-needed structure.
https://grist.org/health/american-climate-corps-mental-health-anxiety-action/
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised.
https://grist.org/accountability/new-documents-bp-oil-companies-natural-gas-emissions/
Elections for the state's Public Service Commission have been on hold for years.
https://grist.org/accountability/georgia-utility-election-case-is-appealed-us-supreme-court/
The Biden administration is trying to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes. The state’s Republican politicians are fighting back.
https://grist.org/housing/lee-county-florida-fema-hurricane-ian-flood-insurance/
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding.
But the agency stopped short of telling the company to move.
https://grist.org/indigenous/doj-thinks-enbridge-line-5-pipeline-is-trespassing-tribal-lands/
The White House's own environmental justice progress report gives little insight into the green benefits delivered to disadvantaged communities.
https://grist.org/equity/biden-environmental-justice-scorecard/
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
https://grist.org/equity/green-bank-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund-kamala-harris/
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
Three Pacific nations signed treaties with the U.S. Then Congress changed the rules.
https://grist.org/wildfires/indigenous-pacific-wildfire-survivors-on-maui-can-finally-get-fema-help/
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.
https://grist.org/politics/florida-erasing-climate-change-laws-desantis/
Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
https://grist.org/elections/in-utah-climate-concerns-are-now-motivating-candidates/
Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.
https://grist.org/politics/jobs-portal-american-climate-corps-opens-next-month/
Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected.
https://grist.org/extreme-heat/extreme-heat-protection-florida-law-athletes-workers/
Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
https://grist.org/drought/colorado-river-deal-navajo-nation-settlement/