Articles by Grist staff

Bio Partisan

President Bush promotes energy independence, snuggles up to Democrats Word is President Bush will unveil an “energy independence” initiative to support ethanol and other biofuels — and to show the world that he’s, you know, down with the progressive agenda. (Which would be a lot more convincing if major ethanol investors didn’t include oil giants […]

A Dingell Ate My Maybe

Congressional Democrats’ energy priorities are a mixed bag Not so fast with the celebrating. The soon-to-be head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. John Dingell (D), has declared no interest in raising U.S. fuel-efficiency standards — he’s from Michigan, natch — and he’s a nuclear-power booster. The Dems’ rise could also lead to […]

An interview with Renate Künast, Germany’s Green Party chair

As the U.N. climate-change conference heats up this week in Nairobi, Kenya, strategies to promote clean energy and slow global warming top the agenda for many nations — not least of all Germany, which is Europe’s biggest economy, a global leader in green technology, and the country set to take over the 12-month presidency of […]

Check out the Environmental Action Tour

Professional climber, filmmaker, and funny-guy Timmy O'Neill is on the road this week hosting a "David Letterman meets David Brower" multimedia show he calls the Environmental Action Tour. Tonight, he'll be in Portland, Ore., at the Hollywood Theatre with special guest Kipchoge Spencer (of InterActivist and really-awesome-name fame).

E.A.T. will then head to San Fran and Asheville, N.C., next week. All the shows start at 7 p.m. and tickets are $8, with proceeds benefitting Patagonia's 1% for the Planet campaign.

O'Neill's motto? Putting the "mental" in environmental since 1969. Hmm ... should be an interesting show.