Articles by Grist staff

President-elect sends YouTube message to governors

President-elect Barack Obama released a video message to attendees of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s summit on climate change, which is convening today in Los Angeles. Obama’s video is below. More Grist reporting and analysis to come:

Emissions of Kyoto signatory countries on the rise, U.N. says

Collectively, the 40 industrialized nations that agreed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol have met their goal of cutting emissions to an average of about 5 percent below 1990 levels, the United Nations reported this week. But some of the biggest reductions were due to economic declines in central and eastern European countries […]

Obama won’t send delegation to Poland climate conference

President-elect Barack Obama will not attend the United Nations climate conference in Poland next month nor send a delegation on his behalf, the U.N. climate chief announced Monday. Many climate activists had high hopes that President Bush’s successor would attend the conference as a way to jumpstart the sluggish talks. Explaining his decision, Obama said, […]

NYC announces new, voluntary plan to encourage hybrid taxis

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined a new, voluntary plan to encourage taxi-fleet owners to use hybrid vehicles after the city’s initial plan to dramatically increase taxi fuel-efficiency was struck down by a federal judge last month.