Articles by Grist staff

Coupe Coup

Less than 6 percent of 2002 model cars and trucks now hitting showrooms get better than 30 miles per gallon, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. On average, the fuel economy for the cars (23.9 mpg) is a bit worse than the 2001 model year. The gas-electric hybrid Honda Insight, a […]

Fairer Faucet

For the first time, construction of new housing developments in California will be contingent on water availability, under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Gray Davis (D). The new law prohibits cities and counties from approving housing projects of 500 or more units unless water agencies verify that there is sufficient water to serve the […]

Oh Danny Boy

Green interior decorating — not the kind where you paint your pantry jade — is an idea whose time has come. At least that’s the fervent belief of Danny Seo, the Martha Stewart of the environmental movement. A 24-year-old New Yorker who started a national environmental group when he was 12 and was named one […]

United They Stand

In a sign-of-the-times statement, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said yesterday that his committee would stop work on an energy bill for the rest of year to avoid “issues that divide, rather than unite us.” Prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, a sweeping energy package was a […]