Articles by Grist staff

Yeah, Right, and Greenland Is Melting

Study confirms that rising ocean temps mean more intense hurricanes A major new study in Science confirms the findings of previous studies: rising ocean temperatures are the primary factor behind stronger, more intense hurricanes in the last few decades. Since 1970, global sea-surface temperatures have risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit, while the yearly number of […]

If At First You Don’t Succeed, Tritium Again

Illinois nuke-plant operator sued for tritium spills it tried to hide Boy, we can’t wait for that “safe, clean nuclear power” President Bush is always talking about, ’cause this stuff we have now is kind of nasty. The Braidwood nuclear power plant in Illinois, owned by Exelon Corp., has been leaking millions of gallons of […]

The Humpty Dance

Bush attempts to weaken Clean Air Act are illegal, court rules Americans who breathe scored a big victory on Friday, when a federal appeals court declared illegal the Bush administration’s long-running effort to undermine pollution rules for coal-fired power plants and other pollution-belching industrial facilities. Judge Judith Rogers, writing for the court, castigated the U.S. […]

Francisca Porchas, clean-bus campaigner, answers readers’ questions

In her work with the Bus Riders Union, Francisca Porchas has helped prevent 33 premature deaths, 805 asthma attacks, and 7,000 lost workdays -- just by convincing Los Angeles to replace dirty diesel buses with ones that run on compressed natural gas. Answering reader questions, Porchas shares more impressive stats about her org's successes, discusses her strategy for luring drivers out of their cars, and explains the meaning of "drive-by pollution."