Articles by Grist staff

The Blown Star State

Texas planning massive wind-energy project off Galveston coast Texas has proposed what could become the nation’s first offshore wind farm, about seven miles off the coast of Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico. The massive project would involve construction of around 50 wind turbines over some five years and would be expected to generate […]

Reefer Badness

Caribbean corals bleaching at unprecedented rate This year’s notably warmer-than-usual Atlantic waters — fuel for 2005’s intense hurricane season — have been devastating some life below the waves as well. Water temperatures have remained elevated for about 15 weeks, causing coral reefs to bleach from the Florida Keys to Puerto Rico to Panama. The micro-algae […]

Ol’ Dirty Bastards

Oil companies made record profits, and all we got was this moral outrage Pity the poor oil firms: The five largest are expected to reap a record $28 billion in collective earnings this quarter, and all signs point to a lucrative six months to come, but they can’t brag about it — at least not […]

Barbarians at the Irrigate

Big Ag wins, fish and wildlife lose in California’s water wars Thanks in part to a recent public-relations blitz and some crucial assistance from the Bush administration, Big Agriculture seems to have won California’s decades-long water wars. Irrigation districts in California’s Central Valley are signing federal contracts that ensure taxpayer-funded water supply for the next […]