Articles by Grist staff

Bark A’Lounging

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology Researchers have discovered that areas of the Amazon rainforest previously considered pristine are in fact undergoing drastic changes, likely due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The discovery was a bit of an accident — researchers tracked changes in plots of isolated rainforest to […]

Water Relief!

New Report Delivers Good News on Water Usage Americans used 408 billion gallons of water a day in 2000, a number virtually unchanged since 1985 and lower (down 25 percent per capita) than in 1975, says a report released yesterday by the U.S. Geological Survey. “Conservation,” the report says, “is working.” Though the public tends […]

The Wind Also Rises

Wind Power Keeps on Growing, Says Report Wind power has made such inroads that it’s no longer “alternative,” says an industry report released today. Total world power capacity generated by wind rose by more than a quarter last year, to 39,294 megawatts. The U.S. and Europe together accounted for 88 percent of the total, with […]

EPA and BLM fight over how to protect groundwater from massive Nevada mine

In an age when corporate America can’t see past its quarterly results, it’s hard to imagine how the world’s largest gold producer is going to manage the environmental damage caused by one of its mines hundreds or even thousands of years into the future. Future site of the Phoenix mine. Photo: Lighthawk, Great Basin Mine […]