Articles by Grist staff

Hail the Cabs!

Nearly 300 taxi, bus, and truck drivers clogged traffic by driving slowly through downtown Hong Kong yesterday to demand government action to combat air pollution, then marched to government headquarters carrying signs that read, “The industry wants to protect the environment.” The protesters are calling for the government to help them convert their vehicles from […]

Brad Guy, Center for Construction and Environment

Brad Guy is interim director of the Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida. His work focuses on “green” architecture and sustainable community development. Monday, 8 May 2000 GAINESVILLE, Fla. My day started off with a doctor’s appointment. Then I submitted drawings for a permit to build a shelter on the urban […]

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 […]