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Danny O’Keefe, Songbird Foundation
Danny O’Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Monday, 15 Dec 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. As usual, the day starts with that first cup of sustainably grown coffee, in this case a home-roasted espresso comprised of a […]
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One Final Squeeze
Last Chance to Take Part in the Grist Grapefruit Challenge It’s the very last day of the 2003 Grist Grapefruit Challenge — mere hours left for us five Grist staffers to subsist only on grapefruit, and mere hours left for Grist readers to contribute toward our goal of raising $35,000 to help hire an additional […]
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Coming Clean
Strange Bedfellows Push for Clean Energy in Canada Some of the biggest polluters in Canada are teaming up with enviros to make the case that the nation could produce as much energy from renewable sources as it now does from fossil fuels and nuclear facilities. Today, three oil companies — Suncor Energy, BP Canada, and […]
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Erik Ness reviews Silent Scourge: Children, Pollution, and Why Scientists Disagree by Colleen Moore
Attention, parents: Now that you've seen your kids' first report cards of the year, it's time for a little homework of your own. No doubt you're doing the best you can to ensure your little ones' eventual membership in Mensa -- promoting stimulating dinner conversation, reading a chapter together each night, maybe even playing Mozart during bath time. But wait -- there's more. You'll find your next assignment in the pages of Colleen Moore's Silent Scourge: Children, Pollution, and Why Scientists Disagree.
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Bump and Rind
Please Help Put an End to Our Silly, Sophomoric Grapefruit Fundraiser Here’s a five-second reader survey for you: Should we change the name of the Daily Grist to the Daily Rind? No, no, we’re just kidding … but on this second-to-last day of the 2003 Grist Grapefruit Challenge, with daily rinds piling up around us, […]
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Baby’s Breath
Exposure to Pesticides May Lead to Childhood Asthma Yet another reason to keep pesticides out of the house: Children exposed to household bug-killing chemicals during the first year of life may be more than twice as likely to develop asthma as those not exposed, according to new research by scientists at the University of Southern […]
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True Grime Stories
Rochester Investigates Link Between Lead and Crime If you read yesterday’s review of Six Modern Plagues in Grist, you know that environmental problems can be linked to health issues. But can they be linked to crime? That’s what officials in Rochester, N.Y., are trying to determine by investigating the relationship between violent behavior and lead […]
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All Our Excess Lives in Texas
West Texas Up in Arms Over Bid to Sell State-Owned Water Water may be scarce in West Texas, but emotions are flowing freely over an insider deal that would allow politically powerful oil tycoons from Midland to sell billions of gallons of water from state-owned reserves. The deal was cut in secret between Rio Nuevo […]
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Billions and Billions Observed
World Population to Level Off at About 9 Billion, Says U.N. Population growth is expected to slow dramatically over the coming decades, but the number of people on the planet is still likely to reach 8.9 billion by 2050, up from 6.3 billion today, according to a new U.N. report released yesterday. Granted, that’s not […]
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‘Tis Better to Give to Grist Than to Buy Dumb Stuff
Grist Has a (Slightly Self-Serving) Fix for Your Holiday Woes Holiday gift giving got you down? Feeling oppressed by teeming malls, fake pine scent, and the pressure to buy, buy, buy? Put your mind at ease — Grist can show you the way out of this madness. Instead of giving your dad another tie, and […]
