Articles by Grist staff

Backstroke

Bush Administration Will Continue to Protect Wild Salmon Responding to a hurricane of criticism over its plans to count hatchery fish along with wild fish in determining which species to protect under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration is now pledging to safeguard wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. It announced on Friday that […]

Growing Controversy

U.N. Food Agency Supports Biotech Crops The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization waded into the debate over genetically modified crops today, and anti-biotech activists are none too happy about the development. A new report from the FAO argues that biotech crops hold “great promise” for alleviating the suffering of the world’s poor, as they can […]

Virtuous Cycle

It’s Bike-to-Work Week! Put down the car keys and hop on the ten-speed: It’s national Bike to Work week! According to the Census Bureau, 99.7 percent of Americans burn gasoline on their way to work, so yes, we’re talking to you. As to the potential benefits, we turn over the mike to cycling enthusiast Julius […]

Readers sound off on capitalism, bottled water, and, yet again, the Sierra Club election

  From the Hawken’s Mouth Re: From Here to Economy Dear Editor: I think Stan Cox’s piece is wonderful and I am glad to see it published. Entropy and thermodynamics are consistently excised from mainstream economics and it is good to see them re-injected. Nevertheless, the author has made a rather odd and unusual error […]