Articles by Grist staff

Cap’n Crunchy

Earthships offer a model for green housing of the future Looking to build an eco-friendly dwelling? An “earthship” could be just the ticket, says Mike Reynolds. Inexpensive to construct and even less expensive to run, these houses are built into hillsides, utilizing passive solar design and the thermal properties of the earth to provide natural […]

GMOy Vey

Battle over GM crops rages on in Europe Europe’s ambivalence over genetically modified crops continues to lead to outbreaks of conflict and recrimination. The latest flurry involves a European Union vote on whether to approve a breed of GM corn made by biotech giant Monsanto. Eight countries voted to approve, 12 voted to deny, and […]

Injustice for All

On 20th anniversary of Bhopal disaster, justice still eludes victims Thanks to bureaucratic inertia, government corruption, and corporate evasion, the citizens of Bhopal, India — site of a catastrophic 1984 gas leak that killed some 7,000 people immediately and 15,000 since — have yet to see justice, says a new report from Amnesty International, released […]

Coming Clean

Green start-ups attracting substantial venture capital Investor interest in eco-friendly start-ups has taken a leap with the entry of two big venture-capital players into the field. Two California public pension funds — the largest and third-largest in the U.S. — recently announced plans to invest a combined $950 million in the clean-technology field in coming […]