GRIST

JULY 24. 2026

As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters ‘panic mode’

With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.

Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples

The 12-point plan calls for greater protection of Indigenous rights, lands, and voices as climate change and other threats intensify.

JULY 23. 2026

The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.

Despite fearmongering that EVs will crash the grid, an emerging technology will help them support it by providing backup power.

How war in Myanmar is driving a deadly rare earth mining boom

Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.

The deadly experiment that could save the American elm

Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.

The year climate change came for the Tour de France

Record heat, a wildfire, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.

Without stronger government action, Brazil’s low deforestation in the Amazon is unlikely to last

Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.

JULY 22. 2026

Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.

Whether they're MAGA Republicans or Democrats, people surveyed in the Mountain West love their national monuments.

JULY 21. 2026

Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet

The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.

French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input

French Polynesia was "approached, but not consulted" about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore the seabed near its marine preserve.

As climate change threatens their lands, Indigenous nations demand more power at the UN

From the Arctic to the Pacific, Indigenous advocates say their voices are too often ignored at the United Nations and that must change.

JULY 20. 2026

Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past

The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.

JULY 19. 2026

Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.

JULY 18. 2026

New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium

Data centers have drawn vocal opposition at local public meetings and in state capitols across the US.