Articles by Grist staff

O Solar Mio

Events like the current heat wave in California, which is stressing the state’s electricity system and pushing energy prices up, are leading a growing number of businesses and homeowners to look into solar panels and other alternative energy technologies. Kyocera Solar Inc. has signed deals with three San Diego companies to install large-scale solar systems. […]

Shalini Ramanathan, Global Village of Beijing

Shalini Ramanathan works with Global Village of Beijing, a Chinese environmental group. Previously, she was international coordinator of the Earth Day 2000 campaign, based in Seattle, Wash. Monday, 14 Aug 2000 BEIJING, China Today, I sent two faxes to a UN office in Washington, D.C. If that doesn’t sound like a major accomplishment to you, […]

Pulling Another Babbitt Out of the Hat

U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on Friday recommended the creation of a new national monument near the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona and the expansion of an existing monument in Idaho. The proposed Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona would protect 293,000 acres, including a number of scenic cliffs and canyons; the expansion in Idaho […]

Fit to Be Thai-ed

Environmentalists and other concerned citizens in Thailand are waging a fierce fight against a proposed coal-fired power plant along the shore of the Gulf of Thailand, a project that they say could harm a coral reef and the fishing grounds that provide livelihoods for many of the 10,000 locals. They also worry that the plant’s […]