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Publication: Grist

Grist has ^7.1% among publications. BS Score: 1.3%. Articles analyzed: 12. Words analyzed: 53,259.

Top reasoning patterns

Negativity Bias - 6.1% (3,269 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 5.5% (2,904 hits)
Framing Effect - 4.6% (2,468 hits)
Optimism Bias - 4.4% (2,320 hits)
Hasty Generalization - 4.3% (2,268 hits)
Availability Heuristic - 3.2% (1,685 hits)
Confirmation Bias - 2.8% (1,508 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 2.8% (1,502 hits)

Analyzed articles

People are willing to pay more for climate-proof wine, study shows ^22.8%

Grist - By Frida Garza - 7/2/2026, 8:45 AM

Confirmation Bias 26.2% - Hasty Generalization 25.7% - Appeal to Authority 24.6%

What’s a winemaker to do on a warming planet? Much has been written about how climate change threatens viticulture around the globe — or at least, threatens to fundamentally change the practice. A new study out of Cornell University looks at three techniques that winegrape producers can use to adapt to warmer temperatures, ranging... more

Urban trees aren't just nice, scientists say — they're mandatory ^41.7%

Grist - By Matt Simon - 7/1/2026, 6:00 PM

Framing Effect 24.7% - Appeal to Authority 20.1% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.3%

They tower overhead and sway in the wind and often teem with squawking birds, yet trees are easy to ignore. Urbanites rush by them without noticing, and without appreciating all the work they do: Trees reduce temperatures, mitigate flooding, and provide habitat for animals. City leaders are no exception to this oversight. As mayors... more

Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy ^30%

Grist - By Joseph Winters - 7/1/2026, 8:30 AM

Appeal to Authority 25.1% - Confirmation Bias 21.9% - Negativity Bias 18.9%

For the past two years, more than a dozen major banks have been not only reneging on their climate commitments, they’ve been actively making the crisis worse. In 2024 and 2025, during the leadup to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, all six of the nation’s largest banks abandoned the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a voluntary... more

For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is another ^4.7%

Grist - By Ayurella Horn-Muller - 6/30/2026, 8:45 AM

Negativity Bias 26.2% - Halo Effect 17% - Appeal to Authority 4.3%

Tomás Ayala leaps off the side of a small dinghy and into the dark swell of water. His arms slice through the waves like a cutlass as he dives deep into the bay off the southeastern coast of the Puerto Rican island of Culebra. Armed with a spear gun, Ayala swims even deeper as he scans the perimeter of the reef for his target. It doesn’t... more

Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago? ^34.7%

Grist - By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Clayton Aldern - 6/30/2026, 8:30 AM

Negativity Bias 16.9% - Appeal to Authority 16.3% - Availability Heuristic 9.8%

No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has the largest known inventory of lead pipes of any city in the country. Officials say replacing each one costs about $31,000 on average — more than six times the Environmental Protection... more

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers ^50.5%

Grist - By Kate Yoder - 6/29/2026, 8:45 AM

Appeal to Emotion 21.2% - Anecdotal 18.1% - Availability Heuristic 11.8%

Amid the many political casualties of 2025 — mass federal layoffs, shuttered agencies, and clean energy spending cuts — the passing of one of the last decade’s defining political projects went almost entirely unnoticed. On December 31, 2025, the Green New Deal Network, a coalition of climate, labor, and social justice organizations,... more

Cow manure could be the next data center fuel ^7.8%

Grist - By Marin Scotten, Sentient - 6/28/2026, 1:00 PM

Negativity Bias 8.3% - Appeal to Emotion 5.6% - Slippery Slope 3.6%

At first glance, Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, looks like most other industrial dairies. There are red buildings that house some 4,000 cows, a staggering manure pit, and two gigantic dome-like structures that serve as anaerobic co-digesters. These giant machines break down manure and local food waste to produce... more

Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists ^47%

Grist - By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News - 6/27/2026, 1:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 45.4% - Negativity Bias 30.2% - Framing Effect 24.9%

Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups, and private security forces. Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted... more

Across Europe, heat adaptation plans are being put to a brutal test ^15.9%

Grist - By Naveena Sadasivam - 6/26/2026, 9:14 PM

Optimism Bias 19.5% - Appeal to Authority 16.4% - Availability Heuristic 14.1%

France has been preparing for climate-fueled heat waves for more than two decades. In 2003, more than 14,800 people died as summer temperatures hovered above 95 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks. The devastating event led French policymakers to build one of the world’s most comprehensive heat-resilience programs. The following year, the... more

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change? ^78.9%

Grist - By Leslie Davenport - 6/26/2026, 8:30 AM

Indoctrination 24.8% - Hasty Generalization 20% - Confirmation Bias 14.4%

Dear Leslie, I work as a civil engineer, and I want to change the way roadway projects are seen, from constant expansion to holistic community-led improvement — but I feel like I don’t have enough traction as an entry-level employee. I am scared I will get sucked into the system as it is now and never effect the change I envision.... more

Publication: Grist

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

People are willing to pay more for climate-proof wine, study shows 22.8%

Urban trees aren&#039;t just nice, scientists say — they&#039;re mandatory 41.7%

Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy 30%

For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is another 4.7%

Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago? 34.7%

Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers 50.5%

Cow manure could be the next data center fuel 7.8%

Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists 47%

Across Europe, heat adaptation plans are being put to a brutal test 15.9%

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change? 78.9%