Articles by Grist staff

Japan-Ease

Japan Weathers High Oil Prices With Energy Efficiency The high price of oil has many countries — including the U.S. — casting about for ways to lower the cost, increase domestic production, or find alternative energy sources, lest economic ruin ensue. But according to some analysts, one country that’s almost entirely dependent on foreign oil […]

Dispensing With the Peasantries

Electricity Comes to Rural China China’s economy is exploding, with consequences that may only be understood decades from now. In addition to massive hydropower ventures — like the $25 billion Three Gorges Dam — the government is encouraging smaller hydro projects, which are bringing electricity to southwestern rural villages where life has scarcely changed for […]

Don’t Hiatus Because We’re Beautiful

Grist on a Two-Week Publishing Hiatus Astute readers will have noticed our abject failure to say anything even remotely funny in today’s Daily Grist and wondered, “What’s up?” What’s up is, our lil’ staff badly needs some R&R. Luckily, that’s just what we’ll be taking for the next two weeks. We’ll be back — keeping […]

Un-Cheneyed Melody

Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Lower Court In a clear political victory for the White House, today the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that would have forced Vice President Dick Cheney to turn over all the records from his energy task force. In a 7-2 ruling, the Supremes […]