Articles by Grist staff

Smoggy Went a Courtin' and They Did Fail, Uh-huh

In one of its most significant environmental decisions in years, the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected industry arguments and unanimously upheld the way the federal government sets clean air standards. The trucking and manufacturing industries argued that the U.S. EPA should consider compliance costs and not just health benefits in setting the standards. But Justice […]

Believe It or Not, We're Walking on Air

Thanks to your votes, Grist was the winner of the Alternet New Media Hero Award contest. Shucks, we can hardly believe it. Thanks again for all your support — we sure do appreciate it (and maybe we can leverage the award into more funding for compact fluorescent bulbs in the office).

Taipei Personalities

About 10,000 Taiwanese who don’t want construction to resume on Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant marched in protest through Taipei this weekend, calling for a national referendum on the issue. The plant, already one-third complete, was initiated by the Nationalist Party, which still holds a significant majority in the legislature despite losing the presidency to […]

Second Class Citizen

Al Gore spent his second class as a professor at Columbia University’s journalism school focusing on how the media cover global warming. Before the class, students were given materials suggesting that the vast majority of the world’s climate scientists believe global warming is occurring, and they were asked questions like, “Is it your view that […]