Articles by Grist staff

Behind the Green Door-to-Door

Enviro Groups Go Door-to-Door to Reach Swing Voters Environmental organizations like the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters are mounting get-out-the-vote operations of unprecedented vigor and sophistication this election year. They are targeting what the Sierra Club calls “infrequent environmental voters,” folks concerned about natural resources and environmental degradation who do not typically […]

The Butterfly Effect

Illegal Logging Gangs Threaten Monarch Butterfly Reserve in Mexico A guerilla war is underway in Mexico’s idyllic Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where millions of black-and-orange monarch butterflies alight every year at the end of a migratory journey that begins in Canada and the Great Lakes states. On one side lie conservation groups, government agencies, and […]

Beyond a Shadow of a Drought

Report Warns Businesses to Heed Water Shortages A new report warns that businesses should start preparing for severe water shortages, and warning their shareholders of the risk such shortages pose to their operations. The report — from independent California-based think tank Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security — focused on businesses that […]

Good for the Goose, Good for the Pander

Kerry Trumpets the Benefits of Coal In 2000, Al Gore narrowly lost the swing state of West Virginia, which (like so many other things) cost him the election. Many observers speculated that the loss resulted from Gore’s reputation as a “radical” environmentalist, particularly his opposition to coal, which many state residents depend on for their […]