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In Lake Charles, voters spoke about how past hurricanes have influenced their politics

Hello, and welcome to our special Election Day edition of State of Emergency. I’m Zoya Teirstein, and today I’m reporting from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina. I spent the morning talking to voters at the Fairview Public Library — one of 17 temporary polling sites in the county established after Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage […]

Republican David Valadao has held down his blue district by fighting for thirsty farms. But with control of Congress on the line, his luck may be running out.

Her new book chronicles her life: "The story dies when no one tells it."

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.

The lawsuit says the companies knew the limitations of plastics recycling but promoted it anyway.

Voters in nearly a dozen states will vote on measures that affect energy, water, climate disasters, and more.

A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.

What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.

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

In battleground states like Georgia, tens of thousands of climate-conscious voters who didn't show up in 2020 have already cast their ballots.

Only six panels on the market meet the government's sustainability standards — but that number could soon grow.

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

A ballot measure would permanently close a coastal highway to private vehicles. If the City by the Bay can't do it, who can?

If approved, these national monuments would protect around 1 million acres.

Stressed out about the election? Turn it into action.

The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid “lending library” to deploy during disaster recovery efforts to reduce reliance on generators, which increase air pollution and are costly to run.

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m L.V. Anderson (or Laura to my colleagues), a senior editor at Grist, and I’m taking over the newsletter today to give you a wide-angle look at how climate change is affecting democracy not just in the U.S., but around the world. One of the biggest stories […]

There's evidence that global warming creates fertile ground for political strongmen to come to power.