Articles by Grist staff

Martin Who?

An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection Rock star. Superhero. Visionary. That pre-Oscar hype paled next to last night’s event, which saw Al Gore — looking blissfully bloated in a Ralph Lauren tux — take home an award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. OK, technically the Goracle himself didn’t win […]

Texas Fold ‘Em

TXU Corp. board accepts biggest buyout offer in U.S. history The white-hot controversy over 11 proposed coal plants in Texas has taken on a new hue. The board of TXU Corp., which has kicked up an anti-coal firestorm among businesses, politicians, and citizens, voted yesterday to accept the largest leveraged buyout offer in U.S. history […]

Melissa Etheridge’s speech

From Melissa Etheridge’s acceptance speech for "I Need to Wake Up": … Mostly I have to thank Al Gore … for inspiring me … for showing that caring about the earth is not Republican or Democrat. We are all green. This is our job now. We can become the greatest generation — the generation that […]

Inspirational

After the announcement that An Inconvenient Truth had won for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim made his way to the stage along with Al Gore, Laurie David, and others amidst a standing ovation from the crowd. Here’s what Guggenheim said: I made this movie for my children … All of us who made this film […]