Articles by Grist staff

Me Too, Me Too!

Hillary Clinton touts new energy plan Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) outlined a plan yesterday to cut U.S. oil imports in half by 2025. Along with urging increased conservation (gasp), she proposed a “Strategic Energy Fund” financed by a temporary two-year fee on major oil-company profits, elimination of some oil tax breaks, and closure of a […]

Yukon Count on Me

Group aims to create wildlife corridor from Yellowstone to Yukon Recognizing that halting development is just not feasible (these are humans we’re talking about), a group called Y2Y wants to create a wildlife corridor stretching from Yellowstone National Park to the Yukon in northwest Canada that would allow animals and people to coexist peaceably. A […]

Gone to Speed

Globe will warm faster than predicted, new studies say Global warming won’t be as bad as we thought, says new research — it’ll be worse. Two separate climate-change studies factored in increased carbon dioxide released from warming soil, forests, and oceans, and came up with similar results: current climate models may underestimate warming by 15 […]

The Aye Yi Yi of the Storm

NOAA predicts active hurricane season this year This year’s hurricane season, which starts June 1, will produce up to 10 hurricanes in the North Atlantic, up to six of which will be Category 3 (winds over 111 miles per hour) or above, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted yesterday. NOAA thinks it will be […]