Articles by Grist staff

You’ll Be Fine, Yogi

Yellowstone-area grizzly bears lose Endangered Species Act protection The U.S. Interior Department will remove Yellowstone-area grizzlies from Endangered Species Act protection, putting management of bears that live outside the park in the hands of state officials in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. And by “management,” of course, we mean killin’. The region’s bear count has swelled […]

Now We Can Watch Them Go Up

NOAA scientists unveil online emissions-tracking tool The U.S. might not be ready to cut its carbon emissions, but it’s ready to measure them. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled a nifty new online tool that tracks carbon dioxide levels around the world. And guess what it’s called? CarbonTracker. We’re in love! “This is […]

An interview with Rep. Ed Markey about the politics of climate change

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) received the chairmanship of the newest House committee — and, along with it, a turf war with one of the oldest and longest-serving Democrats on Capitol Hill, the formidable Michigan Rep. John Dingell. Rep. Edward Markey. The House voted to create the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming earlier […]

Readers write in about lucky bastards, “clean coal,” disparaging veggie burgers, and more

  Re: Somewhere, Stalin Is Chuckling Dear Editor: I am sorely disappointed and disgusted by Grist’s use of “humor” to report the mine explosion in Siberia. Yes, coal is dirty and coal-mining practices are terrible. But neither of those facts gives you the right to blatantly minimize the value of the 106 lives lost. It’s […]