Articles by Grist staff

It's Too Dam Hot

A federal court ruling ruled last week that four dams on the lower Snake River in southeastern Washington state must comply with the Clean Water Act, a move that enviros hope will give a boost to their fight to breach the dams in order to help restore salmon runs. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit […]

Talking Trash

Americans are recycling in record amounts, but are also throwing out more trash than ever before, according to a report released yesterday by the GrassRoots Recycling Network. Recycling kept 28 percent of municipal waste out of landfills and incinerators in 1997, the last year for which the EPA has data, triple the recycling rate of […]

Michael Noble, Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Michael Noble is the executive director of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Minnesota coalition that works to improve the environment and the economy through increased efficiency in energy and land use, and increased reliance on home-grown renewable energy. The coalition partners conduct a coordinated program of research, public education campaigns, and citizen involvement in […]

Seaing Is Believing

The world’s oceans have warmed dramatically over the past 40 years, according to a major new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, published today in the journal Science. The study of long-term ocean temperature data, the first of its kind to be conducted on a global scale, confirms what many scientists have long […]