Articles by Grist staff

Ignorance is Remiss

U.S. EPA not conducting environmental-justice reviews In a sharp break with the rest of the Bush administration’s focus — no, obsession — with social and economic justice, the U.S. EPA has failed to conduct environmental-justice reviews to make sure low-income and minority neighborhoods get equal eco-protection to other communities. The reviews have been required since […]

Arrr … you ready to party?

Ahoy there, mateys! 'Tis I, ye saucy wench, and this day be wonderful for Something Fishy.

First, as has been mentioned several times already, there've been some exciting discoveries out in the South Pacific -- including some 52 new species of fish and corals. I be the first one to tell ye that the oceans are a great unexplored frontier. But when I read the news about all these new critters -- flasher fish! mantis shrimp! "walking" sharks! -- I could hardly believe me eyes eye.

And what better timing could those scurvy sea dogs researchers have, what with it being Talk Like a Pirate Day and all. I say we weigh anchor, head for the poop deck, and throw back a noggin o' rum in celebration. Who's with me?

I'll even provide the entertainment: footage from our most recent Pirate Convention and this instructional video on pirate-speak:

Biz Bang

Big business increasingly acting to fight climate change More and more big companies are waking up and smelling the climate change, recognizing that it could have a notable impact on their bottom lines, according to the fourth annual survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project. The CDP, backed by large institutional investors, got responses from 360 […]

Rhymes With “Kulongoski”

West Coast governors band together to defend Pacific Ocean Governors of the three West Coast states announced yesterday that by their powers combined, they will strive to improve the health of the Pacific Ocean. “We know that isolated local efforts cannot adequately address the breadth of degradation to our oceans,” said Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire […]