Articles by Grist staff

The Fur Is Flying — Off the Shelves

Fur Fashions Drive Slaughter of Endangered Species Fur is making a comeback on fashion runways — and that means trouble for a number of endangered animals, according to an official with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. In the 1980s and ’90s, fur was largely out of vogue and thus the animal skin […]

Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting

Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Monday, 1 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand Bamboo amazes me. You can eat it, cook with it, build with it, even decorate with it. I slept […]

Meeting His Waterloo?

House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone More than half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week told President Bush to back off from proposed changes that would reduce protections for wetlands and streams under the Clean Water Act. In a letter sent to Bush, 218 representatives, including […]

Eat Lots, Buy Little, and Try Not to Miss Us Too Much

Grist Takes Publishing Hiatus Until Dec. 1 In honor of Thanksgiving and Buy Nothing Day, Grist will be taking a three-day publishing break beginning tomorrow. But fret not — we’ll be back, wiser and wittier than ever, on Monday, Dec. 1. Happy holidays!