Articles by Grist staff

Go! Now! Vote!

So I’m surfin’ the internets and whaddyaknow, I happen upon the nominations page for the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards. The Bloggies honor the very best blogs out there — and all the winners are chosen by the public. That would be you! Hmm … who could you vote for? Well, off the top of my […]

Enemy at the Gates

Gates Foundation invests in polluting companies that undermine its health goals The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spends more than a billion dollars a year on promoting global health — but it invests billions more in polluting companies that cause health problems around the globe. About 5 percent of the foundation’s assets are dispersed in […]

Talkin’ ‘Bout Our Generations

How to deal with the generation gap in the eco-workplace Close to 50 percent of environmental professionals and managers will soon be eligible for retirement, a prospect that has their employers worried. But more importantly, asks Kevin Doyle of the Environmental Careers Organization, what if they don’t actually retire anytime soon? It means we’re all […]

Poison Penn

Pennsylvania governor blocked from issuing mercury rule Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) got green plaudits last year when he proposed a plan to scrub 90 percent of mercury pollution from the state’s coal-fired power plants by 2015, but a little-known state agency is now blocking his move. The Legislative Reference Bureau has sided with the […]