climate

Democratic presidential candidates talked climate crisis — and it was great

October 7, 2019 By Grist staff

The greatest threat to life on earth finally got the attention it deserved on Sept. 4 as CNN devoted seven whole hours to interviewing presidential candidates for its Climate Crisis Town Hall.

Millions rise up worldwide for climate strike

September 19, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

From Alaska to Hawaii to Miami to Chicago to New York to D.C.—and around the world—millions of people are hitting the streets.

57 dead, 18,000 hospitalized in Japan heat wave

August 7, 2019 By Jordan Davidson

Deadly heat waves like this are becoming an annual occurrence in Japan.

Greenland is melting away as global temperatures soar

August 2, 2019 By David Rising

“Over the last couple of days, you could see the warm wave passing over Greenland."

Trickle-down pollution: The waterways from Chicago to New Orleans

July 8, 2019 By Zach Carlson

We can't punish the north to save the south, nor can we ignore the issues caused by the north to continually punish the people living in the south.