Articles by Grist staff

Kenaf Already!

As Paper Use Rises, So Do Environmental Woes Remember when computers first became popular and we were told the “paperless office” was just around the corner? Turns out a company’s use of email increases its use of paper by some 40 percent. U.S. paper producers now consume 1 billion trees a year — generating 735 […]

Haiku Enough for Ya?

Our Haiku Hullabaloo fundraiser elicited hundreds of poems from creative Grist fans. We whittled the submissions down to a top 11 contenders, through a semi-scientific process involving repeated syllable counting, unabashed lobbying, and a measure of fisticuffs. (We kid — no interns were harmed in the making of this contest.) Now we need your help […]

Tirana-saurus Wrecks

Albanian Capital Faces Air-Pollution Crisis You may never have heard of Tirana, the capital city of Albania, but it falls not far behind Beijing and New Delhi on the list of the world’s most polluted cities. Hazardous emissions plague the city’s air at levels 10 times higher than those recommended by the World Health Organization, […]

Weapons of Mass. Reduction

Massachusetts Unveils Nation’s Most Stringent Mercury-Emissions Rules Today Massachusetts announced the nation’s most restrictive regs on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, putting the state way ahead of the Bush administration in addressing the problem. The rules will require four big power plants to install equipment to reduce their mercury emissions 85 percent by 2008 […]