Articles by Grist staff

Brenda Morehouse, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

Brenda Morehouse is manager of the Pembina Institute’s new environmental activism website, EcoAction.ca, and senior editor for ClimateChangeSolutions.com. Sunday, 18 Feb 2001 OTTAWA, Ontario Me and Lou, at work. This is an exciting time for EcoAction.ca! Tomorrow, we launch our Green Power Action campaign in support of renewable energy. I’m at the office on a […]

Soil Ain't Green

Just 16 percent of the world’s farmlands are free of problems like chemical contamination, acidity, salinity, and poor drainage, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the World Resources Institute. Using satellite data, the groups found that as little as 6 percent of Asia’s farmlands are free of such fertility […]

Natural Dying Killers

The number of orcas whales living off the San Juan Islands in Washington has dropped 15 percent in the last five years and contamination from industrial chemicals in the region’s orcas are the highest found in any living mammal. Yep, things are looking grim for the killer whale. Environmental groups are expected soon to petition […]

Credit Cads

Okay, give the Bushies some, ahem, credit — the U.S. EPA under President Bush is likely to build on at least one other environmental initiative that gained momentum under former President Clinton. We speak of the market-driven air quality program that lets companies buy and trade pollution credits in certain states. Last week, the EPA […]