Articles by Grist staff

Not Just Intel Inside

Aging computers are fast becoming one of the nation’s thorniest waste management problems, but U.S high-tech companies are lagging behind on recycling efforts. A report issued Monday by the Computer Take Back Coalition gave high environmental marks to Japanese companies such as Canon, Sony, Fujitsu, and Toshiba for recycling old machines, limiting use of hazardous […]

The Ends of the Earth Summit?

The aftershocks of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States are reaching halfway around the world, rendering uncertain the planning and financing for the World Summit On Sustainable Development, to be held next year in South Africa. The event, which is organized by the United Nations and is better known as the Earth […]

Sting Like a Butterfly

Every year, millions of migrating Monarch butterflies make their way from Canada to central Mexico, where they reproduce and overwinter in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Trouble is, 60 percent of that reserve has disappeared in the last few decades due to logging. Now Mexican officials say they are getting serious about protecting the reserve, […]

Throwing Their Wait Around

Senate Democrats announced yesterday that they would not consider new energy legislation until next year, angering Republicans who had hoped to quickly finalize a plan favored by the Bush administration. The Bush plan, which would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling and provide about $30 billion in tax breaks and subsidies to the […]