Articles by Grist staff

Relax, It’s Just Pollution

EPA relaxes industry pollution-reporting rules In a holiday gift to industry, the U.S. EPA has relaxed rules on reporting toxic pollution. Under rule amendments approved yesterday, industrial plants will not have to file detailed public Toxic Release Inventory reports unless they spew 2,000 pounds of pollution or more, four times the previous limit, and they’ll […]

Borneo to Be Wild

Scientists discover 52 new species on the island of Borneo Over the last 17 months, scientists have identified 52 new plant and animal species in the rainforests of Borneo, a Southeast Asian island, the World Wildlife Fund announced yesterday. The finds include 30 unique species of fish, two tree-frog species, three new trees, a plant […]

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What are the top environmental books? Just in time for slackers who haven’t finished their holiday shopping, Gristmill columnist Peter Madden of Forum for the Future has surveyed his colleagues and other smart green Brits to come up with a list of the most important environmental books. Classics Silent Spring and Small Is Beautiful made […]

Summer Arctic ice could nearly disappear by mid-century, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Santa’s Gonna Be Pissed Mileage in Mirror Is Smaller Than It Appears Unusual Weather We’re Having, Ain’t It? We’ll Be In the Fallout Shelter Once More Unto the REACH Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Fill ‘er Up The Barenaked Truth […]