Articles by Grist staff

EV Riders

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will decide next month whether to keep, change, or toss out regulations requiring that at least 10 percent of the new cars and light trucks offered for sale in the state emit little or no pollution by 2003. As the regulations stand, at least 4 percent of the new […]

Like a Bump on a Kellogg

While many European citizens are fighting bitterly against genetically modified (GM) foods, Americans have been more complacent and seem inclined to trust that the government and agribusiness corporations will keep their food supply safe. Enviro and consumer groups launched a campaign last month urging consumers to tell Campbell’s and Kellogg’s to drop GM ingredients from […]

Some Say the World Will End in Fire …

With fires whipping across the interior West at a record rate this year, the U.S. Forest Service this week is proposing to Congress a $12 billion plan to use controlled burns and extensive tree thinning to remove thick, fire-prone underbrush out of 40 million acres of forest from Montana to California. The fire prevention effort […]

Rice and Shine

Farmers may be able to significantly reduce or even eliminate their use of pesticides by planting different strains of rice, wheat, or other crops in the same field, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. Researchers studied farms in China’s Yunnan Province where a variety of rice strains were […]