Articles by Grist staff

Vote for Grist!

Our Election Day coverage offers hope and a blogging blitz Here at Grist, we love Election Day. There’s a certain buzz in the air, a feeling that all Americans face a united calling. Yeah, yeah, we know only 38.2 percent of Americans bother to vote — but we’re doing our dangedest to remain optimistic. So […]

Cliff’s Notes on saving corals and mangroves

Yo-ho-ho mateys! Me hopes ye've not yet thrown ye-selves to Davey Jones' locker over the depressing fishy news of late. Begad, buckos, I could cry enough tears to fill me empty noggin o' rum twice over ... not that I did, mind ye ... it's just the ol' patch makes me eye water a bit. Arrr ...

But in the interest of putting a positive spin on things, I point you to the climate survival guides recently published by two major conservation groups. One focuses on coral reefs -- the "tropical rainforests of the ocean" -- and the other on mangroves -- actual forests near the oceans (confused yet?). And both offer strategies that could protect these fragile ecosystems in the wake of climate change -- even if we can't reverse climate change itself. Think of the reports as wonkier versions of the Worst Case Scenario Handbook.

Eric Ritz, youth-activism promoter, answers Grist’s questions

What work do you do? I’m the founder and executive director of Global Inheritance. What does your organization do? We reinvent activism for today’s young generation. Our initiatives focus on the power of creativity to communicate and push for progressive social change while rejecting conflict. Global Inheritance targets various subcultures, developing campaigns that cater specifically […]

Adventures in Agriculture

U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections Pursuing its goal of world destruction (mwahaha!), the U.S. won approval to continue using and making a pesticide banned under an international ozone treaty. The decision, which countered the recommendation of the treaty’s technical committee, allows a 5,900-ton methyl bromide exemption in 2008 — less than […]