Articles by Grist staff

Green and Bear It

In a victory for environmentalists, British Columbia is announcing a deal today to ban logging in parts of the Great Bear Rainforest. The agreement comes after a five-year campaign led by Greenpeace to preserve the habitat of the spirit bear, a rare snow-white subspecies of black bear living in the coastal rainforest. Details of the […]

It's About Time

Perhaps there’s hope for the planet after all? In reaction to President Bush’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on climate change, Time magazine produced a special issue this week, devoting 16 pages to the hard science showing that climate change is upon us and to the political fallout from Bush’s (boneheaded) move. The […]

Solar Raise

BP Amoco launched the world’s largest solar energy project on Friday, promising to bring electricity to 150 remote villages in the Philippines. Financed in part by the Spanish government, the $48 million project will supply solar power to 400,000 people, providing energy for basic lighting and irrigation and drinking water systems. BP Solar CEO Bo […]

Riddit, Riddit

The American bullfrog is threatening to drive some French amphibians to extinction, a French environmental group warned yesterday. The group, Cistude, asked for the French government’s help in eradicating the bullfrog, which has invaded the lakes and ponds of wine country around Bordeaux. “We’ve seen in other parts of the world what harm the American […]