Articles by Grist staff

Who’s on the climate change A-List

Listen up, all you eco-celeb-hatas. (Yeah, you!) Starry-eyed site Ecorazzi and DeSmogBlog, which aims to clear the PR pollution clouding the science on climate change, have teamed up to create a li’l flash game that lets you rank celebs from stars to stinkers based on their eco-commitment. Check it out, below:

UW students use sex to sell green idea

"The UW is bringing sexy back," the Seattle P-I story begins. Well, you’ve piqued my interest. The story goes on to describe the Young Democrats’ "Sustainability Is Sexy" campaign to get students to bring their own coffee cups to campus. It even includes a quote from Grist’s own Kendra Howe on the value of using […]

ANTM premiere features vegan photoshoot

Alright, y’all know by now that I have a train-wreck-type fascination with bad TV. A Manhattan socialite sent to live and work on a rural hog farm for two weeks? I’m in. Tim Gunn telling a wannabe fashion designer to grab some bubble wrap and a banana peel and "make it work"? All over it. […]

She Will Have Her Way

Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. In the northern reaches of the world, climate change is more than a theory. For years, native Inuit have seen extreme weather and weak ice interfere with their lives, and they say big emitters like the U.S. are to blame. Today — more than a […]