Articles by Grist staff

Dipping Alito in the Water

Clean-water cases go before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear two cases with immense consequences for federal clean-water protections this week. Both were brought by Michigan developers who were unable to build on parcels of land when they were denied Clean Water Act permits. The legal challenges amount to a frontal attack on the […]

Career Window

Advice on taking the first step toward a new eco-career Looking for a job is a daunting task, and just about everyone — from life coaches to library books to your Aunt Edna — has a few tips on how to go about it. But Kevin Doyle of the Environmental Careers Organization says it all […]

Addicted to Hot Air

Bush hits the road to tout alternative energy technologies With the American people restless over high home-heating and gasoline prices, President Bush has embarked on a PR tour of electorally important states to promote alternative energy technologies. Yesterday, he touted his plan to increase funding for energy research during visits to solar-panel manufacturer United Solar […]

Anime, video games and science fiction

Is it Friday again? Working on projects such as Poverty & the Environment and Mardi Grist sure make the time fly by. As Dave has been doing a good job blogging about some of the usual suspects, I'd like to turn your attention to the, um, unusual ones.