Articles by Grist staff

Takin’ Care of Business

Business Starts to Get Real About Global Warming It’s no secret that a broad consensus exists in the scientific community: Climate change is a real, human-caused problem that needs to be dealt with, quickly. But it may come as a surprise that a similar consensus is steadily growing in the business community as well. Business […]

Who’ll Stop the Drain?

Bush Policies Leading to Wetlands Loss, Report Says Bush has trumpeted wetlands policy as the primary evidence of his environmental bona fides. But four national enviro groups beg to differ, releasing a report today claiming that thousands of acres of wetlands have been drained by developers under a policy adopted by the Bush administration. At […]

A for Initiative

Colorado Campaign for Renewable-Energy Initiative Kicks Off In November, Colorado citizens will vote on the first-ever statewide initiative on renewable energy. The Colorado Renewable Energy Initiative would require that the state’s major utility companies generate 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources — solar, biomass, wind, hydro, and geothermal — by 2015. A bipartisan […]

Filet Retardant

Farmed Salmon Contain Flame Retardants The same research team that found more PCBs in farmed salmon than in wild salmon has found similar results for another scarily acronymed family of chemicals: PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, flame retardants found in electronics and fabrics. PBDEs have not been conclusively proven to cause harm to human health, […]