The price of new cars and trucks in the U.S. has increased 33% since 2020, and consumers are piling on interest as they stretch out loan terms to eight, nine and nearly 10 years.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by UK police under the Terrorism Act at the Prisoners for Palestine lock-on protest outside the offices of Aspen Insurance in London, which insures the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

The power of 60 Minutes is bringing a story—yes often with new reporting, but more often mostly smart synthesis—to a big, normie but engaged, audience. That’s why Bari and the White House wants to spike it.

What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything. Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples. grist.org/global-indig... #Mining #RareEarths #Metals #Climate #Environment

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

🤬I worked at NCAR briefly as a postdoc and then a researcher and it's one of the more amazing places I've ever worked (and I've worked at *several* NASA facilities, so that was some stiff competition). I just weep at all the destruction of science this nightmare administration is wrecking.

How Trump’s Big Ag bailout is alienating his MAHA base

The country’s biggest magnesium producer went bankrupt. Who’s going to clean up the $100M mess?

We’re all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab. Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound." grist.org/climate/were... #Climate #Environment

We’re all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab. Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound." grist.org/climate/were... #Climate #Environment

Science fiction readers, rejoice —F&SF, Analog, and Asimov’s are now available on Kindle Unlimited! Check out all of our subscription options: asimovs.com/product/the-...

Harvard officials have opened a secret disciplinary investigation into at least two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the school’s former president, Larry Summers. (*Gifted) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

The year the US doubled down on critical minerals. In 2025, the list of metals became a top priority under Trump. But what even are they? grist.org/climate-ener... #Climate #RareEarths #Environment #Science

This is the place that made me want to become a meteorologist 💔

“It’s not totally out of the realm of possibilities that this idea was planted or floated by whoever this confidential human source might be.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p

Climate change primed Washington state for historic flooding. Low snowpack, leftover burn scars, and abnormally warm temperatures are supercharging the atmospheric rivers hitting the Pacific Northwest. grist.org/extreme-weat... #Flooding #Environment #Climate

It's SO SO GOOD you guys, if you are AT ALL a fan of short fiction you need to pick this up

BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

To help local leaders target their solutions amidst the #affordability crisis, the Urban Institute’s updated tool illustrates financial health and wealth across cities, states, and local areas—with a focus on residents with lower and moderate incomes and #communities of color. Explore the #data.

For more than a century, a smelting plant in Omaha spewed lead-laced smoke across the city, resulting in about 400 million pounds of it settling into the soil and bodies of countless Omahans. Wondering if you’ve been exposed to lead? ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social can help.

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025. grist.org/climate/clim... #Climate #Environment

The country’s biggest magnesium producer went bankrupt. Who’s going to clean up the $100M mess? US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems. grist.org/accountabili... #Utah #Toxic #SaltLake #Environment

data center anxiety is sweeping the nation and our country’s leading politicians seem totally blind to it

Europe is divided on Ukraine. North America is not. According to a new Politico poll, 46% of Germans and 37% of French respondents lean toward reducing support for Ukraine. A majority in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom favor maintaining aid. Opponents often argue👇

Quick thread 🧵 This one hits close to home. An NYU student is facing an $8,895 bill due to an internal university error — right before the holidays.

🗞️ Trump administration insiders & politically connected US contractors are maneuvering to control future humanitarian aid & reconstruction logistics in Gaza, a rebuilding effort the UN estimates could reach $70bn, Guardian reports in a new investigation. With much of Gaza destroyed, companies...

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025. grist.org/climate/clim... #Climate

What your cheap clothes cost the planet. A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage. grist.org/business/wha... #Fashion #Waste #FastFashion #Environment

The state's Cannabis Control Commission voted Thursday to allow social consumption permits, which let customers at a venue consume marijuana products on-site.

SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power. In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.” www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...

Has the Israeli state lost control of the settler movement? After decades of empowering the settler movement to annex the West Bank, has the Israeli state finally lost its grip on a force it helped create? www.newarab.com/analysis/has... #Israel #Israeli #WestBank #Politics

⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: "Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal The Wexner Foundation has long claimed Epstein had "did not make decisions regarding the use of Foundation’s funds.” New emails show that is...false. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history. Why is it auctioning itself off? The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.

MORE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Can't do everything you need to in order to carry out your role mate? Seems to me like you aren't properly qualified to successfully do the job you've taken away from a real person.

Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit. For the first time in a decade, the country avoided landfall, thanks to an atmospheric anomaly. But this hurricane season was exceptional in other bad ways, too. grist.org/science/hurr... #Weather #Disaster #Hurricanes

How a billionaire’s plan to export East Texas groundwater sparked a rural uprising. As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to government regulation to keep their wells from running dry. grist.org/regulation/h... #Water #TX #Texas

i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing

I was incarcerated at 15 years old. Now I’m 34. It has been a challenge to discover who I am behind bars.

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Grist is breaking down what went down at COP30 in Belém. 🌍 Join us Dec 11 for a debrief and a look at what happens next. RSVP now. https://luma.com/34kdkcyw

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

Here's what @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social (my think tank) got up to this year, from coastal ecosystems to climate justice. Up your alley? Get stoked — there’s more where this came from and we’ve got big things cookin’ for 2026. open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...

Everyone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?

Billions in climate funding were debated at COP30. What did countries agree on? What’s still stuck? Grist brings you the debrief in a live event Dec 11. Save your spot now. https://luma.com/34kdkcyw

Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...

Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit. For the first time in a decade, the country avoided landfall, thanks to an atmospheric anomaly. But this hurricane season was exceptional in other bad ways, too. grist.org/science/hurr... #Hurricanes #Weather #Climate