Articles by Grist staff

Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers questions

With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am president and executive director of Rock the Earth. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute “mission accomplished”? Rock the Earth is a relatively new environmental advocacy nonprofit organization based in Denver, Colo. It was created to work with the music community […]

We’re More Partial to Vasco da Gama

Daily Grist takes break to lament Columbus Day Monday is Columbus Day, on which we celebrate the man who precipitated what may have been one of history’s most egregious and far-reaching periods of ecological destruction (not to mention genocide). Here at Grist, we’ll be too busy crying in our coffee to put out Daily Grist. […]

Like a Camel Through the Eye of the Tax Code

Congress moves to close SUV-friendly tax loophole It looks like Congress may soon close one of the U.S. tax code’s most egregious provisions (and that’s quite a distinction!). In 2003, lawmakers raised the business-equipment tax deduction to $100,000, clearing the way for a massive luxury SUV to be written off as a business expense — […]

What “Hard Work” Really Looks Like

Iraqi environment minister faces armed attack, underfunding Mishkat Al Moumin, head of Iraq’s Ministry of Environment since June, has an unenviable job. In August, an attack on her convoy left four of her bodyguards dead. Security concerns lead her to avoid having her picture taken or discussing her family. In a land ravaged by wars […]