Articles by Grist staff

Nisshin Accomplished

Burned out of business, Japan calls a halt to its annual whale hunt Japan’s whaling fleet, unable to recover from a mid-February fire that killed a crew member and disabled its main ship, has called off its controversial annual hunt a month early. While protesters expressed sympathy for the human loss, they also did a […]

Yes We Ken

London mayor unveils comprehensive climate-change plan London Mayor Ken Livingstone unveiled a Climate Change Action Plan yesterday in hopes of making the English capital the greenest city in the world. Under the scheme, London will switch 25 percent of its power supply to local generation, and businesses that invest in green technology will earn merit […]

Hey, One Thing At a Time

NASCAR deals with switch to unleaded fuel, considers adding ethanol As the NASCAR season gears up, fans are all atwitter. No, not about the Daytona 500 scandal — that’s so last week. It’s the switch to that dang unleaded! This weekend saw the first-ever NASCAR race fueled by the gas the rest of the country’s […]

CSI: My Apiary

U.S. honeybees disappearing from hives, not even leaving a note Don’t let the pharmaceutical giants get wind of this: U.S. honeybees are suffering from “colony collapse disorder.” Beekeepers in 24 states say their pollinating pals are simply disappearing, with losses of 30 to 60 percent on the West Coast and, in some cases, more than […]