Articles by Grist staff

Building Excitement

A building under construction and set to open in New York City in 2002 may earn the distinction of being the world’s greenest high-rise apartment complex. The 26-floor, 250-unit building is intended to be 30 percent more energy efficient than state codes require. It will take advantage of natural light, use motion-controlled and dimmable lighting, […]

Once in a Wild

Environmentalists, ranchers, miners, and Utah politicians have agreed for the first time ever on a plan to designate a Bureau of Land Management area in Utah as wilderness. With wide support from different interests in the state, a measure to protect 5,200 acres in eastern Utah was approved unanimously by a House Resources subcommittee, part […]

Money Makes the World Go Brown

Texas Gov. George W. Bush has raised 15 times more money from oil and gas interests than Vice President Al Gore, a total of $1.54 million for his presidential campaign. Bush’s biggest supporters over the course of his political career have been employees of Enron Oil Company, and at least 25 of his top fund-raisers […]

The Smog Days of Summer

About 117 million Americans live in areas with smoggy air, according to a report released yesterday by the Clean Air Network, a coalition of environmental and public health groups. The report found that more than half of the nearly 600 counties in the U.S. that fully monitor air quality are above the legal limit for […]