Articles by Grist staff

Leipzig Lizards!

World’s Largest Solar Energy Plant Planned for Germany The world’s largest solar energy plant — projected to meet the power demands of some 1,800 households — will soon start soaking up rays outside the eastern German town of Leipzig this year. The $27 million plant, to be built by the Royal Dutch/Shell’s Solar Group, will […]

Misstate of the Union

Bush State of the Union Speech Silent on Environment In a State of the Union speech that found time to discuss the evils of steroid use among athletes — an issue entirely outside the purview of the federal government — President Bush did not mention the environment, or the environmental challenges facing the country, a […]

Bubblicious

Scientists Consider Funky Plans to Avert Climate Change Plans to slow global warming once dismissed as, well, loopy need to be taken seriously, concluded scientists at a conference on climate change in Cambridge, U.K. The proposed schemes can be divided into two families — they aim either to capture greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide […]

Tipping the Scalias of Justice

Cheney-Scalia Connection Raises Questions About Energy Task Force Case In December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from Vice President Dick Cheney, who had been ordered by lower courts to release documents related to his secretive energy task force meetings. In January, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Cheney — long-time friends — […]