Articles by Grist staff

Same #$%@, Different Use

Scientists Turn Excrement Into Electricity — Really Scientists in the U.S. have developed a method to convert raw human waste — or as the scientists call it, “number two” — into electricity, putting a brown spin on the green-power movement. Oops, did we say “movement”? Okay, okay, we’ll try to be serious: The process works […]

Dust Busted

Manhattanites Sue EPA Over Mishandling of Enviro Hazards from Sept. 11 The U.S. EPA mishandled the environmental hazards caused by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and put thousands of New Yorkers at risk, charges a class action lawsuit filed by 12 lower Manhattan workers and residents yesterday in U.S. District Court. The suit claims […]

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 […]