Articles by Grist staff

Conned Air

EPA chief twisted particulate pollution advice, say scientists U.S. EPA chief Stephen Johnson “twisted” and “misrepresented” recommendations on regulating soot and dust pollution from the agency’s own air-quality experts, according to, um, the agency’s own air-quality experts. In an unprecedented move, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee is urging Johnson to change course on the […]

Tool Pigeon

Researchers will use birds to collect air-quality data for blog Pigs can’t fly, but soon pigeons will blog — about air pollution. UC-Irvine professor Beatriz da Costa and two graduate students are developing tiny Global Positioning System units, cell phones, and pollution sensors that can fit into little bird backpacks (cute!). Da Costa plans to […]

The Revolution Will Be Prefaced With a White Paper

New Mexico senators lay groundwork for federal global-warming bill Could the somnolent federal Leviathan finally be waking to the danger heralded so long by state and local Lilliputians? Could that metaphor be more baroque? New Mexico’s senators say they will introduce a bill this spring in the Senate that would mandate action on global warming. […]

And by “More Money,” I Meant “You’re Fired”

Federal renewable-energy researchers laid off as lawmakers divert funds In Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, President Bush called for more funding to develop alternative energy sources. Meanwhile, in the real world, scores of staffers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are about to be laid off, and a pile of contractors […]