Articles by Grist staff

If the Suit Fits, Wear It

BT and other multinationals call for action on climate change More and more prominent suits are issuing calls to action on global warming. The latest is Ben Verwaayen, chief exec of U.K. telecom company BT, who this week became the first Brit corporate bigwig to say publicly that climate change is hurting his business — […]

Don’t Be Such a Prudhoe

American oil supplies well past peak America’s domestic oil supplies are tapping out. At Alaska’s massive Prudhoe Bay field, output has dropped nearly 75 percent since 1987 highs. With mega-developing nations India and China gobbling up the world’s spare oil supply and U.S. demand still rising, engineers are now going after poorer grades of oil […]

Readers talk back on shaving, Saudis, nappies, and more

  Re: Stubble Trouble Dear Editor: I wanted to thank you for your recent column regarding environmentally responsible shaving. To be honest, straight razors scare the bejeebies out of me. However, it’s long seemed to be the only reasonable option. Your column has given me the push I needed to give it a shot, and […]

Bond Ambition

Missouri senator delays small-engine pollution regulation, again Small engines have a big impact — when you use a standard gas-powered lawn mower for an hour, you’ve spewed as much pollution as 50 cars driving 20 miles each. Nevertheless, someone builds those small engines, and that means jobs — specifically, jobs in Missouri, or more specifically […]