Articles by Grist staff

Hustle and Flow

Montana and mining companies to fund massive river cleanup, restoration An historic financial settlement between the state of Montana and two mining firms has opened the door to a project of ecological scope virtually unprecedented in the U.S.: the removal of Montana’s Milltown dam, located at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers, […]

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 […]