Articles by Grist staff

Didn't Cheech and Chong Already Think of This?

Hemp cars could be ready to hit the road within a decade, say researchers in Australia. Alan Crosky of the University of New South Wales says hemp is the most viable biodegradable material to use for car bodies, beating out coconuts and banana trees in early studies. Crosky thinks car owners will soon save money […]

Activists Disappearing Almost As Fast As Forests

Since the end of a seven-year civil war in Liberia in 1997, rainforests in the country have been cut down at an unprecedented rate, say environmentalists. Foreign companies, along with the country’s president, Charles Taylor, and his inner circle, have pocketed the profits from logging, while ordinary citizens have seen few benefits. Protests are rare […]

Adam Markham, Clean Air-Cool Planet

Adam Markham is executive director of Clean Air-Cool Planet, a climate advocacy group dedicated to helping the Northeast lead the way in halting global warming. Monday, 21 May 2001 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Monday is one of the days I drop my daughter, Tessa, off at day care. I left her excitedly demonstrating to her teacher how […]

Reduce, Reuse, Cycle

To commemorate Bike Commute Week in California, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown biked to City Hall yesterday, then took a limo ride back home for a shower. Eight members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors also biked to work (no word on where they showered). Nationwide, less than 2 percent of Americans commute by bike, […]