Articles by Grist staff

What a Tangled Webby We Weave

Grist nominated for Webby Award — go vote for us! You know how people say, “It’s an honor just to be nominated”? Yeah, well, eff that! We wanna win! So please drop by the Webby Awards site, register (yeah, we know it’s a pain), and vote for Grist in the magazine category. These kinds of […]

Governor, May I Take One Baby Step?

Schwarzenegger calls for slow and steady climate action In line with his recent climate-action plan to reduce the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent by 2020, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) called yesterday for power plants, refineries, and factories to begin … reporting their emissions. Ah, well: baby steps. In a speech, Schwarzenegger advocated a “sensible […]

Hell Bent for Leather

Chinese villagers attack polluting leather factories and sewage plant Environmental protests are increasingly common in China, where environmental protection often takes a backseat to cronyism and profit-making. But a group of 200 Chinese villagers in the eastern province of Fujian, fed up with drinking polluted water, took things a step further. Armed with iron bars, […]

Machu, Machu Man

Enter Grist‘s sweepstakes to win a fantabulous South American eco-trip Grist‘s Great Peru Giveaway is testing our editorial chops by demanding repeated spellings of Machu Picchu. In terms of double-consonant dizziness, the legendary Peruvian site is right up there with “accommodations.” Oh hey, did we say accommodations? That reminds us, if you win our eco-trip […]