Articles by Grist staff

Better Off Red Than Dead?

The water level of the Dead Sea is dropping by about three feet a year and may go dry by 2050, says Friends of the Earth in the Middle East. The group is sponsoring a photo competition to raise awareness of the plight of the popular tourist attraction, using the catchy tag line, “Let the […]

Driving the Numbers Up

The percentage of households in the U.S. with three or more cars (18.3 percent) is nearly double the percentage of households with no cars (9.3 percent), and more than 76 percent of Americans say they drive to work alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Only 11 percent of people carpool, and merely 5 percent […]

Amazon Raveforest

To promote protection of the Amazon rainforest, Greenpeace and Brazilian officials are hosting an “environmentally correct” dance party over four days in a recovered mine in the state of Amazonas. Dubbed “Ecosystem 1.0,” the rave features DJs from around the world playing music in tents shaped like local Indian huts, where nongenetically engineered foods will […]

Chip Off the Old Lifespan

Silicon Valley in California — where dozens of manufacturing facilities leaked tens of thousands of gallons of organic solvents and other toxic contaminants into the groundwater in the 1980s — is home to 29 Superfund sites, more than any other county in the U.S. Lead, mercury, and chromium are among the unpleasant ingredients that make […]