Articles by Grist staff

Cross Purposes

Prominent Brit bishop booted from enviro group for advocating nuclear England’s Reverend Hugh Montefiore — member of the Church of England, former Bishop of Birmingham, and long-time champion of the environment — has been forced to resign from the board of Friends of the Earth for arguing that nuclear power is the only viable way […]

That’s the Story of the Hurricane

Global warming could intensify hurricanes, some climate experts say After this year’s unusually devastating hurricane season, many folks who study hurricanes were quick to reassure the public (and Congress) that normal climatic fluctuations, not global warming, were to blame. But at a press conference yesterday, a group of climatologists, including several present and past members […]

The Truck Stops Here

New electrical hook-ups at truck stops prevent diesel pollution Long-haul truckers, hardy though they may be, occasionally need rest. Traditionally they have pulled into truck stops and taken naps with their trucks idling, to avoid, you know, freezing to death. Unfortunately, idling diesel trucks produce emissions that likely cause asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer, heart disease, […]

The Traffic is Murder Out There

Traffic causes heart attacks Being stuck in traffic could substantially raise your chances of having a heart attack — and it’s not just the stress. The particulate pollution that hovers over traffic is the likely culprit, says a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, though “we can’t exclude that there is an […]