Articles by Grist staff

Is the Dow Jones Sustainability Index worth a damn?

Recently, the web has been abuzz with stories about (and press releases from) companies ranked highly by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index review. The vaunted stock ticker-picker turned its eyes to green a full ten years ago to track the financial performance of “sustainability-driven companies worldwide.” Each year it releases a review of the companies […]

Climate and dirty-energy groups were busy over summer vacation

National lawmakers did next to nothing about climate change over the August congressional recess, but climate activists and their fossil-fuel foes were busy.  Here are highlights from their summer antics: Clean-energy activists at a Maine rally.Photo: 1Sky The climate activists The Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign and the Blue Green Alliance kicked off […]

Talking about Van Jones

The resignation of President Obama’s green jobs adviser was touched on during several of the TV networks’ Sunday morning political gabfests. Here are the relevant excerpts: NBC’s “Meet the Press“ HOST DAVID GREGORY: Another domestic matter — Van Jones, who has been an advisor to the White House on environmental policy, resigned overnight because of […]

Green jobs adviser Van Jones resigns White House position

Around the web: WASHINGTON, Sept 6, 2009 (AFP) — President Barack Obama’s special adviser for green jobs has resigned under pressure from leading Republican politicians and revelations about his controversial past statements. Van Jones, a former civil rights activist from California, had been working for the White House Council on Environmental Quality since March. “I […]