Articles by Grist staff

Batting a Thousand

Bats dying in worrying numbers at Appalachian wind farms Unexpectedly high numbers of bat deaths at wind farms in West Virginia and Pennsylvania have caught scientists by surprise and made conservationists anxious. Whether the spinning turbines entice the bats or confuse their sonar navigation is unclear, but researchers say an estimated 1,500 to 4,000 bats […]

Something Old, Something Newmont

Mining giant Newmont continues to juggle pollution claims and lawsuits The last two weeks have seen a continued flurry of activity surrounding charges that mining giant Newmont fouled the environment and sickened villagers around its operations in Indonesia’s Buyat Bay. The New York Times revealed a 2001 internal memo from a Newmont VP recommending a […]

New Year’s, Re: Solutions

Green resolutions for the new year Green-minded self-improvers, we’ve got just the resolutions for you. In 2005, pledge to tackle “the big stuff” — your choices on transportation, food, and large appliances. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, an individual’s transportation choices represent their single biggest impact on the environment. Less is more, and […]

“And Now!” Grinned the Grinch, “I Will Stuff Up the Tree!”

Bush admin overhauls forest management policy The Bush administration unveiled sweeping changes to federal forest-management policy on Dec. 22, while Americans milled through malls and airports, minds dancing with visions of, well, everything but forest management. The changes will “streamline” approval of forest-management plans by eliminating a key provision, long despised by timber companies, that […]