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GravitHy Raises $65 Million to Help Decarbonize Steel Industry

Sustainable iron startup GravitHy announced that it has raised €60 million (USD$64.7 million), with proceeds aimed at supporting its plans to produce low-carbon iron...

Indonesia’s first early coal retirement raises concerns over labour rights and environmental damage compensation

Indonesia's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, recently announced the government's commitment to the early retirement of Cirebon-1, a 660 MW coal...

Trump wants to wind down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?

President Donald Trump appears to be serious about getting the federal government out of disaster response. Earlier this week, his secretary of homeland security,...

The government aims to cut funding for safer streets. Here’s who would be hurt most.

The Department of Transportation has ordered a review of federal funding for bike lanes and plans to target recent projects that “improve the condition...

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan, and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the...

The world’s biggest youth climate lawsuit lost in court, but it ‘changed the world’

Ten years ago, 21 young people filed a long-shot lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that it wasn’t doing enough to protect them from...

Climate Change Has Exposed Over 1,000 More Miles of Greenland’s Coastline in 20 Years: Study

As our planet has experienced increased warming over the last several decades due to greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, glaciers...

Significant challenges obstruct plans to use AI to support the public sector, says PAC report

In a new report on the UK government’s use of AI, the Public Accounts Committee warns that while AI has the potential to radically...

We are vastly overestimating the amount of fresh water available for lithium mining, says new study

New research into lithium mining in the “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — source of more than half of the world’s lithium...

The Sustainability Science Summit 2025 was held in Berlin from 19 to 21 February 2025 under the motto Advancing Sustainable Development and continued the...

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