How decades-old decisions to build two California prisons in a dry lakebed and a chaotic climate left 8,000 incarcerated people at risk.
https://grist.org/equity/corcoran-prison-levee-climate-flood-justice/
It's beach season in Anchorage, and climate scientists aren't the only ones worried about it.
https://grist.org/climate-energy/what-does-this-record-heatwave-mean-for-alaska/
Last August's explosion and fire were just the latest in a long history of disasters at Chevron's East Bay plant. Locals have had enough.
https://grist.org/climate-energy/a-year-after-a-refinery-explosion-richmond-cali-is-fighting-back/
Companies like Lyft and Sidecar say they're just tech-powered carpooling services, but that's not how it's working out in the streets.
https://grist.org/cities/dont-let-the-mustache-fool-you-thats-just-an-unregulated-cab/
The group Nerds for Nature is innovating the fight against climate change -- just by getting technologists and environmentalists talking.
https://grist.org/living/code-green-nerds-for-nature-pairs-techies-and-enviros-to-hack-the-planet/
The tech economy is turning San Francisco upside down, but not every shiny new innovation is in the public interest.
It's too bad we can't drill our way to economic equality.
https://grist.org/climate-energy/gas-fields-not-cities-are-americas-land-of-opportunity/
One-off protests don't seem like a big deal? Check out the full scope of climate uprisings happening across North America this summer.
Chapter 9 bankruptcy is not the end of the road for a post-industrial city still in flux.
https://grist.org/cities/detroit-bankrupt-broken-but-not-beyond-hope/
San Francisco's parklets program stands to change its streets and the city's mindset.
https://grist.org/cities/the-littlest-parks-could-make-the-biggest-civic-changes/
Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft must give Chevron info on 100+ people who may be tied to an investigation into the oil giant's dirty dealings.
https://grist.org/politics/judge-demands-tech-companies-hand-activist-data-over-to-chevron/
New research shows dense, walkable neighborhoods are the hottest spots for environmental and social justice groups.
https://grist.org/cities/those-who-walk-together-rise-up-together/
New research suggests that people of color are at a higher risk for extreme heat events.
https://grist.org/cities/climate-change-is-making-private-heat-islands-for-people-of-color/
The strike has affected about 400,000 area commuters, but it hasn't paralyzed the Bay Area -- because everyone here loves their cars.
https://grist.org/cities/bart-strikes-at-the-heart-of-a-regions-planning-problems/
An industrial hemp amendment died with the rest of the farm bill, but legislators are looking at other options.
https://grist.org/politics/legal-hemp-could-rise-high-like-a-phoenix-from-farm-bill-ashes/
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher yuks it up with David Letterman over climate change and civil disobedience.
The Fearless Summer is planning a carnival of non-stop summer protest and direct action against dirty energy.
https://grist.org/politics/fearless-summer-movement-launches-months-of-intense-climate-protest/
Turns out climate change may be a top government priority after all -- just not in the way you might think.
https://grist.org/politics/the-feds-get-seriously-creepy-about-climate-change/
Could a federal law protecting wildlife monkeywrench San Francisco's housing boom?
https://grist.org/cities/hummingbird-tree-sit-could-stop-san-fran-developers-where-occupiers-failed/
TransCanada's presentation to law enforcement agencies says the protesters are potentially violent. Protesters respond: WTF?