Delegates closed out this year’s United Nations climate conference on Sunday after agonizing debates over the right way to deliver on the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. In addition to approving a new framework for international climate aid, nearly 200 countries approved guidelines meant to make it cheaper and...
How to take climate change out of the culture wars
Household appliances used to be a safe conversation topic, if a boring one. But these days, many Republican politicians see gas stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, and laundry machines as symbols of the government meddling in people’s lives. Earlier this year, lawmakers in the House passed the “Hands Off Our Home Appliances...
Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. A lawsuit is challenging how the state of Michigan plans to approve large renewable energy projects, just weeks before a new law is set to go into effect. About 80 townships and counties...
Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption.
The last few weeks of the year are always a special time — for shopping. According to the National Retail Federation, a United States trade group, Americans will spend nearly $1 trillion on clothes, electronics, trinkets, and other goods during the 2024 holiday season, which it defines as November 1 through...
Former Memphis Police officers convicted on tampering charges in Tyre Nichols case
Three ex-Memphis Police officers were found guilty of witness tampering
Marjorie Taylor Greene: After Trump win, we should prosecute Jack Smith
The Georgia congresswoman spelled out exactly what a second Trump term would mean for prosecutors investigating him
Republican women know Donald Trump is no “protector” of women
We can take care of ourselves just fine
Menendez brothers resentencing possible as L.A. prosecutors look over new evidence
After decades in prison, new evidence might just spring Erik and Lyle Menendez
Boeing to lay off 10% of workforce amid massive strike, financial woes
The aircraft manufacturing giant blamed work stoppages for its spiraling fortunes