The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock as a way to treat them more like elk or deer rather than like cattle. Because the two tribes share the same ...

The Trump administration's border policies are expected to have a big impact on this year’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers.

AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work, abruptly pulled teams of young people out of a variety of community service projects across the country on Tuesday. The ...

Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline “shaming.” ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a ...

Soaring egg prices have people flocking to buy chickens of their own, creating a nationwide shortage of chicks.

Louis Blessing’s wife asked for his help replacing the battery in her laptop. An electrical engineer by training, Blessing figured it would be a quick fix. But after swapping out the old battery for a ...

Nondairy milks — fortified drinks like soy, almond, oat, and rice milk — have varying impacts on the environment and climate, but all of these plant-based alternatives use less land and water than cow ...

Grist journalists share how we investigated this story and how to learn more about ethylene oxide emissions in your area.

A new study confirms what residents in Louisiana oil towns have long suspected: They get all the pollution but very few of the jobs.

Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating ...

Vessels that don’t quite meet the stricter standard but are more efficient than the base target don’t get a reward. They must ...