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  • Maybe

    After years of rumors and false starts, Edward Abbey’s classic novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, credited with inspiring the Earth First! movement, may finally make it to a movie theater near you. The 1975 book follows a foursome of activists angry about the overdevelopment of Utah’s canyonlands and not afraid to show it — by […]

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • ‘Flower Confidential’ has the dirt on the floral industry

    Just in time for Valentine’s Day, garden columnist Amy Stewart digs up the truth about the floral industry in her new book Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers. The behind-the-scenes look at the multi-billion-dollar industry took Stewart across the globe to track down geneticists and breeders, visit […]

    Grist staff Food

  • New Belgium beermakers to brew algae-based biodiesel

    New Belgium Brewing Co. is known for its Fat Tire Amber Ale and a number of other bubbly bevvies. But you’ll want to think twice before chugging the company’s latest concoction: the ecofriendly microbrewery is teaming up with energy startup Solix Biofuels to brew biodiesel from algae. (Yeah, I pirated the headline — arrr … […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • More buzz about the Live Earth concerts

    Buzz about the global-warming-focused concert series expected to “dwarf” Live Aid is continuing to, well, buzz. Speculation about who will perform has begun — with U2, Coldplay, Madonna, and Kylie Minogue topping the list. (There are even rumors of a Spice Girls reunion.) Though most sources are calling the series “Live Earth,” one whisper site […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy