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  • The Tropic of Cancerous Growth

    Warming atmosphere is expanding the tropics, study finds The globe’s tropics are expanding — and if you’re thinking coconuts and palm trees, don’t. Think deserts and drought. According to a new study in Science, satellite measurements show that the lowest level of the atmosphere in torrid subtropical regions on either side of the equator is […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • They Should Volunteer to Be Penalized for That

    Bush’s voluntary emissions-reduction programs not amounting to much Are you sitting down? We’ve got some earth-shattering news: the Bush administration’s voluntary programs to reduce industrial greenhouse-gas emissions aren’t working. A report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office stated that many industry participants in the U.S. EPA’s voluntary “Climate Leaders” program and the Department of […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • If At First You Don’t Succeed … Keep Not Succeeding

    House passes legislation to drill in Arctic Refuge … again Here we go again: for the 947th time, the House has passed legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Less than six months before congressional elections, House Republicans are desperate to show they’re doing something about high gas prices. Of course, […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Fuel Me Once, Shame on You

    GM promotion will cap gas at $1.99 a gallon for SUV buyers In a promotion that begins today, General Motors promised to cap gasoline prices at $1.99 a gallon for a year for customers in California and Florida who purchase certain new full-size SUVs or midsize cars. That’s right: if you buy a gas-guzzler from […]

    Grist staff Cities