Articles by Grist staff

Delay of Shame

Senate committee delays vote on Clear Skies In what clean-air advocates called a “major victory for the environment,” the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday postponed a decision on Bush’s Clear Skies Act. A vote had been scheduled to determine whether the bill would advance to the Senate floor, but with 18 committee members […]

Reversal of Fortune Cookies

China passes U.S. as reigning consumerism champion America, for years the world’s largest, proudest consumer, has been dethroned. Say hello to China, now the world’s most consumingest nation, according to a recent survey by the Earth Policy Institute. China now beats the U.S. in consumption of four out of five basic commodities, including grain, meat, […]

Nun of the Above

Nun slain while campaigning against Amazon destruction Through heart-rending tragedy, international attention was focused with unusual intensity this week on rainforest destruction in Brazil. Dorothy Stang, an elderly nun working to slow the devastation of the Amazon by organizing locals against the powerful (and largely illegal) logging and ranching operations bent on expanding their land […]

Wave Hello

Ocean energy poised for takeoff Though wind power is the fastest-growing renewable energy source, many researchers, power companies, and municipal officials are looking to the oceans for juice. Though it is in its infancy, ocean power — generated from either waves or the tides beneath — shows great promise. According to the Electric Power Research […]