Articles by Grist staff

Coming at It From a New Anglo

U.K. Christian groups ally with eco-advocates to lobby on climate change Several Christian organizations in the U.K. have joined forces with environmental groups in a new alliance to “Stop Climate Chaos.” The coalition is pressuring the British government to make cutting greenhouse-gas emissions a domestic and international priority and to support international aid and development […]

Ape Fear

New plan aims to save endangered great apes of Africa Conservationists are angling to raise $30 million to stop gorillas and chimpanzees from going extinct in the wild within a human generation. The U.N. Environment Program’s just-released “World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation” reveals a poor prognosis for the survival of gorilla and […]

Rays and Confused

Partisan divide stalls California’s solar-roofs bill As its initial bipartisan support devolves into a partisan food fight, California’s Million Solar Roofs legislation may die on the vine. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) withdrew his formerly enthusiastic backing for the bill — which could put $2 billion toward solar-energy generation by 2019 — after Assembly Democrats inserted […]

Ho Chi … Man, I Gotta Pee

Vermont rest stop combines advanced green toilets with Vietnam memorial Like chocolate and peanut butter, it’s a combination so natural you wonder why nobody thought of it earlier: Vermont has built a $6.3 million rest stop featuring an ecologically advanced flush-toilet system, a greenhouse, and … the country’s oldest Vietnam memorial. Located along Interstate 89, […]