Articles by Grist staff

Pulp Non-Fiction

Lax enforcement allows toxic sludge to overrun Chinese village Here’s China’s environmental situation in a nutshell: In 2004, after a toxic spill into the Yellow River, two Chinese paper mills were fined $300,000 and ordered to install water-recycling and treatment equipment. They didn’t. Instead, city officials built temporary wastewater containment pools beside the river. An […]

Love of Labor

Grist takes Monday off to celebrate Labor Day You know those bumper stickers and T-shirts that say “organized labor: the folks who brought you the weekend”? Clever stuff. Well, organized laborers are also the folks who brought you this weekend: Labor Day weekend. To celebrate all their hard work, we’re taking Monday off. We suggest […]

A Touch of Class

New York schools will clean green Kids in New York will breathe easier this fall, thanks to a new law requiring schools in the state to purchase environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. “It’s well documented that when you clean up the quality of the air we breathe indoors, students’ attendance rates go up, attention spans in […]

How Ultra-Low Can You Go?

California makes the jump to ultra-low sulfur diesel Starting today, on-road and off-road diesel vehicles in California will fill up with ultra-low sulfur fuel. California is leading the pack on this issue (natch); the rest of the U.S. will require on-road diesel vehicles to go ultra-low starting Oct. 15, but won’t require off-road vehicles to […]