Articles by Grist staff

I’m Wreckin’ It

Greenpeace investigation links European fast food to Amazon destruction Which came first, Chicken McNuggets or deforestation? A recent Greenpeace investigation has uncovered the depressing answer: the McDonald’s supply chain begins with felled rainforest. Much of the chicken gobbled at European Mickey D’s is supplied by a subsidiary of American agri-biz behemoth Cargill. For the last […]

A Low Blow

Congressional committee OKs amendment to kill Cape Wind project The Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound may have blown its final … may have been blown … in a gust of … oh, never mind. We’re out of wind puns, and the proposed offshore wind farm is out of steam: If a recent, sneaky effort […]

Media Shower: Green is the new black

Taking a cue from Alex over at WorldChanging, I'd like to point out all the print pubs covering enviro issues.

Carat Top

Ringing in a new era of ethically and ecologically responsible jewelry Did you know 30 tons of waste rock can be generated in producing one gold ring? Us neither, but now we’re never getting married. Trying to keep a step ahead of consumers’ growing social and environmental consciousness, the jewelry industry is making some changes. […]