Articles by Grist staff

Cravin' Votes, Craven Move

In marked contrast to European leaders who have refused to bend to public pressure to lower gasoline prices — some even stating concerns about conservation and global warming — Vice President Al Gore yesterday urged President Clinton to dip into the country’s emergency petroleum stockpiles to make heating oil cheaper before winter (read: Election Day). […]

Carbon Stink

Old-growth forests are much better at removing carbon dioxide from the air than plantations of new forests, concludes a new study published today in the journal Science. In negotiations over an international treaty on climate change, the U.S., along with Canada and Russia, is proposing to meet as much as half of its greenhouse gas […]

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cheap Oil

BP is gearing up to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska, a highly controversial venture that has been the target of protests by enviros. The project in the Northstar field of the Beaufort Sea could get underway as soon as November, and another similar project in the Liberty […]

Where the Rubbers Meet the Road

Lack of promised funding from the U.S. and other industrialized nations has led to a severe shortage of condoms in the developing world, hampering efforts to curtail population growth, stem the spread of HIV, and give people the means to control the size of their families, according to a report released this week by the […]