Articles by Grist staff

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 […]

That’s, What, Two Days in Iraq?

U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $385 million for cellulosic ethanol The U.S. plans to sink up to $385 million into cellulosic ethanol, doling out grants for six bio-refineries across the nation. The funds, spread over four years, will cover up to 40 percent of a $1.2 billion push expected to result in […]

Meany in a Bottle

Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them Most parents discourage their kiddos from ingesting known toxics, so a new study from green group Environment California is a bit of a bummer: when run through a simulated dishwasher 50 to 75 times, name-brand baby bottles leach the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in […]