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Good Bite, and Good Luck

Grist taking a little Thanksgiving break We Gristers are taking a few days off to stuff ourselves silly and give thanks for our many devoted readers. Happy Thanksgiving! See you on Monday.

Chelsea Glintin’

Green amenities catching on in new housing complexes In Chelsea, Mass., new condos in the Forbes Park development come with access to a fleet of DaimlerChrysler Smart cars — two-seater mini-mobiles that get great mileage. Every unit at Buzz, a Dallas loft project, will include an eGo electric moped. They’re more useful than the traditional […]

At Least He Can Pronounce “Nuclear”

Blair softens on mandatory emissions targets and warms to nuclear power British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s shifting approach to climate change has environmentalists in a stormy mood. Earlier this fall, he hinted publicly that he was cooling his support for extending the Kyoto Protocol’s mandatory greenhouse-gas reduction targets beyond the treaty’s conclusion in 2012. Now […]

Is There a Procter in the House?

Experts say true eco-transformation of big business is under way Big business is going green … hey, where you going? No, we mean it this time! Old-guard financial-services firm Goldman Sachs Group just announced new policies to promote forest and climate protection, and intends to invest $1 billion in alternative-energy projects. Procter & Gamble, seeking […]