Articles by Grist staff

Earth Still Round, Still Warming

New Study Fills in Missing Piece of Global-Warming Science A new study published in the journal Nature has filled in a crucial missing piece in the science of global warming — one that has served as a talking point for climate-change skeptics. At issue is a seeming discrepancy: The lower portion of the earth’s atmosphere, […]

Return on Investment

Energy Industry Cozy with Bush Administration, Says Report Most of the dirtiest power plants in the country are owned by 30 companies that, along with their trade association, have collectively raised some $6.6 million for President Bush and the Republican National Committee since 1999, says a new report. The companies’ intent, says Frank Clemente of […]

Saving Some Green

Green-Building Techniques Come to Low-Income Housing Eco-friendly building materials and techniques, once the exclusive province of upper-class enviros, are moving slowly but steadily down the income scale. In cities across the U.S., governments are offering a range of subsidies and tax breaks to developers of low-income housing, encouraging them to use energy-efficient boilers and appliances, […]

Going Apes

Great Apes Are Heading for Extinction Human beings’ endless efforts to kill each other have not reduced their overall numbers, but they may yet wipe out humanity’s closest genetic cousins, the great apes: gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans. Several of these charismatic — but apparently not charismatic enough — megafauna face extinction because of human […]