GRIST

FEBRUARY 12. 2026

Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won’t lower prices

There's no two ways about it: Eating more beef is bad for the planet and the climate.

Growing evidence points to link between autism and wildfire smoke

Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.

FEBRUARY 11. 2026

Gwich’in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development

For "the caribou people, " protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge means protecting a way of life.

FEBRUARY 10. 2026

Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. As more and more data centers crop up throughout Georgia and the Southeast, a recent study finds they may need less energy than the industry and utilities have been predicting.

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas

As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects.

Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power

Advances in drilling and subsurface engineering are unlocking a constant, carbon-free power source deep within the Earth.

FEBRUARY 9. 2026

What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future

Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on ice cover since 1897. It's already being used to study a declining fish species.

FEBRUARY 8. 2026

Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate

With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that could not be reversed.

FEBRUARY 7. 2026

Inside the historic effort to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters.

FEBRUARY 6. 2026

Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of America’s dispossession

Returning Indigenous land won't destroy civilization, it could save it.

The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better?

The U. K. ’s push to meet climate goals turned a former coal plant into a giant woodstove -- powered by forests an ocean away.

The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year

A new report indicates that Trump administration policy led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs.

What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm

Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting garden and crops, not roads and cars, at the center of the community.

The US government says it is falling short on its legal duties to tribal nations

A new GAO report finds agencies unprepared to expand shared stewardship with tribes as climate pressures intensify.