This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics.

Election Day in Lake Charles, Louisiana began with heavy rain and tornado warnings. Belts of precipitation traveling up from ...

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

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

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.

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

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

Los Angeles County announced last week that it’s suing PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic pollution, arguing that the soda giants’ plastic bottles have harmed public health and the environment and ...

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 ...

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

The DOE hopes the prize will ensure that companies use efficient processes, sustainable materials, fair labor practices, and low-carbon energy.