In a special Election Day edition of State of Emergency, Zoya Teirstein reports from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina.

A newly discovered bacterium could help humans deal with climate change — if scientists can figure out how to crack open its DNA.

Republican David Valadao has held his blue district by fighting for thirsty farms. With control of Congress on the line, his luck may run out.

Indigenous activist Nemonte Nenquino fought drilling in the Amazon. Her new memoir is the pick of Reese Witherspoon's book club this month.

A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their ...

Past research has shown that a hurricane can both suppress and galvanize voters. An otherwise politically engaged person who ...

A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.

Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It is published with support from the CO2 ...

Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.

Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how ...

Advocacy groups say we’re at a “key moment” to reduce plastic production and protect communities from plastic-related ...

Lead Locally is another organization working to rally the environmental vote, by focusing on building support for down-ballot ...