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Grist in the News

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

• Ask Josh Fox Anything: Is Fracking a Necessary Evil?, Andrew Sullivan, The Dish, 1 May 2013
• Energy Agreement Hidden by Climate Disputes,  Andrew Revkin, New York Times – Dot Earth blog, 30 Apr 2013
• Therapy Dogs Arrive in Boston to Comfort Survivors of Marathon Bombing, Zineb Abdessadok, Time, 18 Apr 2013
• The Right Kind of Recycling, Andrew Sullivan, The Dish, 12 Apr 2013
• Solar and Fracking: They Go Together Like Ham and Eggs, Kevin Drum, Mother Jones, 2 Apr 2013
• The Death of Big Power, Andrew Sullivan, The Dish, 27 Feb 2013
• How Puppies and Kittens Can Save Your Social Media Strategy, Deanna Zandt, Forbes, 27 Feb 2013
  
• Where Have All the Babies Gone?, Joel Kotkin and Harry Siegel, The Daily Beast, 19 Feb 2013
• Digital Publishing: Visual Storytelling Does More Than Entertain, Rob Tornoe, Editor & Publisher, 12 Feb 2013
• Most Vulnerable, Least Culpable, Andrew Sullivan, The Dish, 11 Jan 2013
• How U.S. Housing Policy Leaves Low-Income Americans Behind, Jeff Spross, Think Progress, 9 Jan 2013

Press Releases

• Grist Names Scott Rosenberg as Executive Editor, 12 Sep 2011
• Is Earth “Effed”?, 20 Apr 2010
• Grist Joins the Climate Desk, 19 Apr 2010
• Comedy, Irreverence and Skepticism: Grist Launches Special Coverage of Copenhagen Climate Conference, 23 Nov 2009
• Grist Scores Senators on Climate, With Unexpected Surprises, 29 Jul 2009
• Grist’s “Screw Earth Day!” Campaign Stirs Debate Among Environmental Community, 20 Apr 2009
• Grist Says: “Screw Earth Day! One Day Is For Amateurs”, 9 Apr 2009
• Grist Launches New Website in Honor of 10th Anniversary, 6 Apr 2009
• Groundbreaking Facebook Application to Engage Communities Working Together to Stop Climate Change, 4 Mar 2009
• Grist.org Launches Ask Umbra on GristTV,  Offering Astute Advice to Green Your Life, 30 Sep 2008
• Arizona State University and Grist.org Team Up to Provide Students with News on Sustainability, 8 Sep 2008
• Grist.org Announces Content Sharing Deal With Washingtonpost.com, 24 Jul 2008
• Grist.org Special Series Examines Surprising Cities Going for Green Grades, 15 May 2008
• Grist.org Expands its Green-Living Content with Product Tester and “How-to” Columns, 28 Apr 2008
• Grist.org Introduces Special Series on the Mississippi River, 20 Mar 2008
• Grist.org launches green job board, 14 Feb 2008
• Grist.org Expands Presidential Candidate Coverage in Partnership with AlternativeEnergy.com, 6 Dec 2007
• Grist.org publishes first book, 19 Nov 2007
• Grist.org publishes special series on food and farming, 24 Oct 2007
• Grist.org launches special series on parenting and environment, 4 Oct 2007
• Grist Interviews Presidential Candidates on Their Environmental Positions, 30 Jul 2007
• Grist Launches Special Series on Biofuels, 14 Dec 2006
• Grist and Founder Chip Giller Honored for Conservation Leadership, 17 Nov 2006
• Grist.org launches special series on God & the Environment, 10 Oct 2006
• Grist Dishes Up New Fare for Eco-Foodies, 27 Sep 2006
• Audience for Grist’s Coverage of “Poverty & the Environment” Surpasses 2.6 Million, 17 Mar 2006
• Grist Voted Best Magazine Website in Ninth Annual Webby Awards, 11 May 2005
• Tides Foundation Honors Chip Giller, Founder and President of Grist Magazine, 1 Dec 2004
• Grist Announces Independence, 5 Mar 2003

Awards and Accolades

• 7 Billion Unpacked honored for 2012 Best Cartoon/Comic by The Population Institute
• Chip Giller, recipient of a 2009 Heinz Award
• Silver medal for Outstanding Book of the Year, Wake Up and Smell the Planet, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs)
• Winner of 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation
• Winner of 2006 “Webby” People’s Voice Award for best online magazine
• Winner of 2005 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Winner of 2005 “Webby” People’s Voice Award for best online magazine
• Chip Giller and Amanda Griscom Little awarded the 2004 Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy by the Tides Foundation in recognition of the vital role Grist is playing in increasing environmental awareness
• Named “outstanding website” in the 2005 WebAward Competition
• Nominated for a 2004 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Winner of 2003 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Grist and Chip Giller won first place (by popular vote) in the 2001 AlterNet New Media Hero contest
• Nominated for a 2002 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Society of Environmental Journalists named Grist a finalist for outstanding online coverage in the 1st Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
• Selected as “Cool Site of the Day” in November 2004
• Named ”Favorite Beacon in the Smog” by Good Things