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 aims to sign up 20,000 people in the program's first year.
https://grist.org/politics/biden-american-climate-corps-is-now-hiring/
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/
Utilities have come under fire for lobbying to stall climate policies and keep fossil fuel plants running.
https://grist.org/politics/8-states-move-to-ban-utilities-from-using-customer-money-for-lobbying/
EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the protests started.
https://grist.org/agriculture/europe-farmer-protests-eu-climate-progress/
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
https://grist.org/protest/keystone-pipeline-fbi-government-documents/
How did a cap-and-trade program considered the "gold standard" gain the support of oil companies?
https://grist.org/politics/washington-cap-and-invest-law-repeal-oil-companies/