Articles by Grist staff

Heifer Madness

Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California valley In California’s San Joaquin Valley, air-quality regulators are squaring off against the area’s lucrative dairy industry over cow gas: Each dairy cow in the valley emits nearly 20 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a year, according to official estimates. (Sadly, more of the […]

Too Many CNOOCs Spoil the Broth

Chinese oil firm withdraws takeover bid for Unocal State-owned Chinese oil company CNOOC has announced the withdrawal of its $18.5 billion offer for Unocal, clearing the way for rival bidder Chevron Corp. — which, we rush to assure you, is safely ‘merican owned — to purchase America’s ninth-largest producer of oil. CNOOC, China’s largest offshore […]

Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!

Ivory-billed woodpecker skeptics recant, gush about sound recordings “It’s all moot at this point; the bird’s here.” So says Mark B. Robbins, one of the trio of skeptical scientists who had questioned the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker after the species had long been assumed extinct. What changed their minds? The bird’s call. They had […]

We Double-Dog Dare You!

Donate to Grist and you could win a Global Warming Survival Kit When we ask y’all for money, we feel like Ralphie. We’re all, “We want the Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!” And you’re all, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.” But we won’t! We know how to use smart environmental […]