Articles by Grist staff

One fish, two fish, red fish, ew fish

As part of their Last Days of the Ocean special package this month, Mother Jones magazine has a feature entitled "Toxic Fish and Poor Communities." An interview with eco-justice fighter Sharon Fuller of the Ma'at Youth Academy, the story begins like this:

In San Francisco's tony restaurants, one can feast on perfectly seared ahi tuna or sample butter drizzled mahi mahi accompanied by a $50 bottle of wine. Just across the Bay, however, is a whole different world -- fishermen in Richmond live on toxic fish caught from a place that is recognized as an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site.

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Discover new species in the Caribbean, a new reef off Thailand, and an ocean-centric MoJo issue

Ahoy, mateys! Welcome aboard the good ship Something Fishy, a biweekly blog column focused on all things, um, fishy, and oceanic, and marine biological, and whatnot. It's sure to shiver your timbers ... if you know what I mean. (Should I have stopped at "ahoy"? Methinks the eye patch is on a bit tight. Aarrr!) Pirate lingo aside (for now ... there may be mention of a "poop deck" later on), this first column will focus on the theme of buried treasure -- from new species to new reefs to an ocean-centric issue of Mother Jones. Read on ... or I'll make you walk the plank!

6,500,000,000

According to the World Population Clock, earth's (human) population will hit the 6.5 billion mark at exactly 7:16 p.m. EST this Saturday.

The Midas Crutch

EPA may replace ozone-depleting chemical with cancer-causing chemical Here’s a hypothetical: Say you were a nation that signed a pact to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals. Say you therefore needed an alternative to methyl bromide, an ozone-attacking pesticide used on strawberries and other crops. Would you phase in a highly toxic fumigant that probably causes cancer? […]