Articles by Grist staff

‘Eco-flation’ could hurt sales of consumer goods

The rising cost of doing business in a climate-changed world — aka, “eco-flation” — could hit some companies quite hard in the next decade if they don’t change their business practices to become more sustainable, according to an analysis by green group World Resources Institute. Companies that make consumer goods could see their earnings plummet […]

Forest policy is a hot topic at international climate negotiations

The U.S. Secret Service and the press are on higher alert with the arrival of U.S. congressional delegations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poznan as the second week of the conference gets underway. While the official Bush delegation is remaining low-profile — even evading questions at today’s press conference — most Democratic congressional […]

Congress and Obama team signal that they will be ready for Copenhagen

In a letter from U.S. groups making the rounds here in Poznan, delegates are being urged to make the decisions needed in Poznan to keep us on schedule for making a final deal in Copenhagen next year, as promised in the historic consensus reached last December in Bali. While the December 2009 meeting in Copenhagen […]

Spike in public transit ridership highest in 25 years

Public transit ridership in the United States continued its steady rise in the third quarter of 2008, jumping 6.5 percent overall compared to the same quarter last year — the largest quarterly rise in some 25 years. Americans took 2.8 billion trips on public transit from July through September, with ridership rising nationwide on buses, […]