Articles by Grist staff

Dollars and Sense

Big Institutional Investors Press for Info on Climate Change Risks Officials controlling the largest pension funds in the U.S. on Friday called on publicly traded companies, federal regulators, and Wall Street to get serious about assessing and disclosing the financial risks posed by climate change. The comptrollers of New York state and New York City, […]

Spin Meisters

New Mini-Turbine Can Generate Electricity from Atop Homes and Offices The winds of change may soon bring mini-turbines to rooftops near you. A Scottish company today is launching Britain’s first wind-power system designed to be affixed to almost any roof to supplement electricity gotten from the grid. The 3-by-2-foot box with three rotating blades, which […]

Stall’s Well That Ends Well

Opponents Block Vote on Energy Bill in Senate A massive and highly controversial energy bill stalled out in the Senate this morning, when its supporters fell two short of the necessary 60 votes to end debate on the legislation. Those in favor of the bill, which has already been passed by the House, argue that […]

Slope on a Rope

Bush Administration Opens Alaskan Land to Drilling Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn’t on the oil-and-gas chopping block under the terms of the current behemoth energy bill, but the rest of the state isn’t quite as lucky: The Bush administration will announce today that it plans to open 8.8 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope […]