Articles by Grist staff

A Sony Disposition

A new law requiring manufacturers to recycle used refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, and air conditioners goes into effect next month in Japan. Most firms appear to be ready to take on some of the additional costs of recycling the appliances. In some cases, consumers may have to pay $20 to $40 to recycle their appliances. […]

Huge Grant

In what would be its largest grant to date, Ted Turner’s U.N. Foundation is proposing to give $10 million to preserve the world’s coral reefs. The foundation’s board is meeting tomorrow to vote on the grant, which would go to the International Coral Reef Action Network, a coalition of academic, private, and intergovernmental groups led […]

Onus on Us

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked world leaders yesterday to pick up the pace on protecting the environment. “We may be moving in the right direction, but we are moving too slowly. We are failing in our responsibility to future generations and even this one,” said Annan, speaking at a conference in Bangladesh. He said that […]

The Fin-al Countdown

Environmentalists launched a yearlong campaign this week to persuade Singapore diners to stop eating shark’s fin soup, a popular delicacy in the country. To meet market demand, fishers slice fins off live sharks and then toss the helpless creatures back into the sea to die. As a result, shark populations are being devastated and traders […]