Articles by Grist staff

You Go, Hugo

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mouths off about conservation The campaign to fight climate change and reduce global oil use seems to have an unlikely new champion: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. In a country where car salesfolk do a healthy business and gasoline is subsidized to 12 cents a gallon — that’s about $3 to fill […]

Alpha Females

You know climate concern has gone mainstream when sororities get on board Yeah, yeah, the vast majority of the world’s climate scientists believe immediate action is required to stem climate change — but Bill McKibben is more excited about the action suggested by a sorority in Texas. And who wouldn’t be? The Alpha Phi sisters […]

Sweet, Now They Can Clean the Bathrooms

Bush 2008 budget proposal contains big bucks for national parks With the National Park Service centennial looming in 2016, President Bush has proposed a 2008 budget boost that’s making park advocates swoon. It would add $230 million to the 2007 park funding request and $100 million more each year for 10 years, making an additional […]

Gary Lagerloef, earth, space, and ocean researcher, answers questions

Gary Lagerloef. What work do you do? I work at a small nonprofit scientific research institution named Earth & Space Research, where I have several key roles. I cofounded ESR in 1995, I am the current president, I serve on the board of directors, and I am a senior research scientist. The last role occupies […]