Articles by Grist staff

So Lawn, Farewell

The Earth Hates Your Lawn We’re sorry to keep harping on this, but: the lawns, people, the lawns. Quit with the lawns! There are 30 million acres of green lawn in the U.S. Some 54 million people mow their lawns each week in the summer, using 800 million gallons of gas a year. More than […]

Demerit Badge

Bush Admin. Facilitates Drilling Next to Boy Scout Camp It sounds like a modern adaptation of Dickens, but it’s all too true: A White House energy task force is clearing the way for El Paso Corp., a Houston-based energy company, to drill for natural gas near the nation’s largest Boy Scout camp. The Valle Vidal […]

Nucular Mismanagery

Nuclear Industry Not Having a Great Week Yesterday — on the 59th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, marked by the city mayor’s plea to the U.S. to abolish nuclear weapons — Japan experienced its most deadly nuclear accident to date, with four workers killed by scalding steam (ouch) spewing from a ruptured pipe at […]

Pollution on the Orient Express

Asian Air Pollution Wafts Over Eastern U.S. Air pollution from Asia has been found hovering over the northeast U.S., calling into question the efficacy of domestic efforts to improve air quality. “At some point, it may be cheaper to sell pollution-control equipment to China,” said researcher Daniel J. Jacob. Researchers from six countries are involved […]