Articles by Grist staff

How Stella Got Her Mangrove Back

Enviros push for green reconstruction in wake of tsunami As tsunami relief efforts continue and plans for rebuilding begin, enviros hope sensible ecological practices will be taken into consideration. World Wildlife Fund on Monday called for careful coastal planning as reconstruction efforts get underway, as well as an end to over-logging in the region and […]

Embargoing, Going …

Discovery of Cuban oil deposits raises hopes for eased restrictions With the recent hardening of U.S. trade policy toward Cuba, analysts are now speculating that one thing could help ease the restrictions: Oil, that is. Black gold. Texas tea. Two Canadian companies have discovered oil in Cuba’s waters off the Gulf of Mexico, announced President […]

Water, Water Everywh … Hey, Where’d the Water Go?

Agriculture needs to start conserving water, badly A new study by David Pimentel in the journal BioScience backs its call for greater agricultural water conservation with some disturbing statistics. Worldwide, agriculture uses some 70 percent of the freshwater supply. The ginormous Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to a fifth of all irrigated land in the […]

Oh You NAS-ty Boys

NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy A National Academy of Sciences panel report on safe levels of perchlorate — an ingredient in rocket fuel, firecrackers, and road flares — in drinking water has some enviros up in arms. The report, released yesterday, suggests that levels of perchlorate about 20 times higher than the […]