Articles by Grist staff

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Dependence on Foreign Energy Sources?

Austria embraces renewable energy Austria is yodeling up a new tree: the biofuels tree (oh, what are you, the metaphor police?). Like other hip countries, Austria is giving renewable energy a big bear hug — nearly 70 percent of its domestic power production came from renewables in 2003. Taking advantage of what is readily available […]

Girl Juneau It’s True

Alaska guv wants to hire PR firm to burnish state’s freeloading image Alaskans are widely perceived as freeloaders who suck tax money off the federal teat and plunder wild lands for profit, but that could all change if they hired the right PR person. Ha ha … oh, wait, really? “Alaska does not just take. […]

Dick, Get Yer Gun!

Bald eagle may soon leave the Endangered Species List Remember when John Ashcroft sang that hymn he wrote, “Let the Eagle Soar”? That was something, wasn’t it? Anyhoo! Speaking of the bald eagle, it may soon leave the Endangered Species List, thanks to its strong recovery in parts of the U.S. In an unusual joint […]

Last run

I ran into an interesting news bit this morning while perusing the headlines. Actually, I didn't run. Not much of a runner, me. But I hear it's a great way to get healthy. Does wonders for the heart and the lungs and that fat roll hanging over your jeans (you know what I'm talking about). And marathon runners? You gotta admire them. Imagine how healthy those lungs are after running 26.2 miles! Unless, of course, you run those 26.2 miles in Hong Kong on a day with very high air pollution levels and then die. Yeah, not so much with the healthy, then.