Articles by Grist staff

Certifiably Sane

Consumers and businesses will soon be able to buy a number of products and services that don’t cause any net greenhouse gases to be released into the environment, thanks to a program launched by the Climate Neutral Network in Underwood, Wash. The network certifies companies that reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions as much as possible and […]

Have a Coke and a Frown

Residents of a number of Colombian villages say their health, crops, and farm animals are being threatened by an American-sponsored program intended to wipe out heroin poppy and coca cultivation, and they fear that problems are likely to get worse with a Clinton administration proposal to intensify its anti-drug efforts in Colombia. Government planes and […]

Leaf Me Alone

Reacting to mounting consumer unease about genetically modified (GM) foods, McDonald’s and other fast-food chains are quietly telling their french-fry suppliers to stop using Monsanto’s GM “New Leaf” potato, which has been designed to produce a toxin that repels a potato pest. Many farmers are finding that the market for the GM potatoes is shrinking […]

Fly in the Ointment

Friends of the Earth UK is urging vacationers to travel closer to home and to take trains rather than planes. A planeload of passengers flying from Britain to Florida and back produces as much carbon dioxide as does the average British driver in one year. The world’s 16,000 jet airplanes pump out more than 600 […]