Articles by Grist staff

People, People Who Breed People

Better make room — world population to hit 9.1 billion by 2050 There will be 9.1 billion people on this li’l planet of ours by 2050, according to revised U.N. population figures released yesterday. That’s a 40 percent increase from today’s mere (!) 6.5 billion. While population in developed countries is expected to remain largely […]

Ich Bin Ein Cowboy

U.S., Germany agree on vague climate measures President Bush is on a tour of Europe, seeking ways to repair relationships with traditional allies that don’t involve changing any U.S. position on any subject — and that includes global warming. His stop in Germany yesterday to talk with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was a positive, if strained, […]

Hazed and Confused

Appeals court rejects five-state plan for clean park air A market-based program used by five Western states to control haze in national parks and wilderness areas was rejected by a federal appeals court Friday. Brought to court in a challenge by a coal and utilities industry group, the states’ efforts to cut sulfur-dioxide pollution and […]

The Country Above Us

Canadian government unveils green budget Ottawa — that’s where the Canadian federal government lives, people — unveiled a budget yesterday with some $2.4 billion in new environmental spending. At the center of the eco-money is an $805 million Clean Fund that will dole out cash for private-sector projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as […]