Articles by Grist staff

Home Is Where the Recycled Drywall Is

A growing number of Americans are opting to use eco-friendly materials when remodeling or building homes, and some suppliers are meeting their demand with new green products. Trex Co. in Winchester, Va., combines waste wood and recycled plastic shopping bags to make a material for building decks. Later this year, USG Corp. in Chicago plans […]

Sound's Good

British Columbia’s Clayoquot Sound, an area of old-growth forest, was designated a United Nations biosphere reserve on Friday, perhaps ushering in a new era for a region that has been home to some of North America’s most bitter logging battles over the last 20 years. The 850,000-acre reserve, which has the support of the Canadian […]

Kickin' Asthma, Taking Names

Air pollution from two coal-burning power plants in Massachusetts can be linked to more than 43,000 asthma attacks and an estimated 159 premature deaths each year, according to a study released yesterday by the Harvard School of Public Health. Locals and enviros say the study gives Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci (R) the evidence he needs […]

Corning the Market

Two powerful farm-state senators introduced a bipartisan bill yesterday that would triple the use of ethanol over the coming decade and help replace the controversial gasoline additive MTBE. The bill, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), would let states opt out of the federal requirement that gasoline in […]