Articles by Grist staff

Super Grover

Pres. Clinton is considering creating a new national monument in California that would protect more than 30 giant sequoia groves across 300,000 to 400,000 acres of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Yesterday Clinton asked Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to review the status of the groves, which lie within the Sequoia National Forest, and recommend whether […]

I Know, Let's Make Criminals Serve Time in Traffic Jams

Americans are now as concerned about sprawl as they are about crime, according to a new national survey released this week by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism. Eighteen percent of respondents across the country, including 26 percent of those from urban and suburban areas, cited sprawl and traffic as the most serious community problem, […]

Global Warming: You Can Bank on It

Dexia, a Franco-Belgian banking group, yesterday announced plans to launch an investment fund aimed at reducing global warming. Operated in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the fund aims to raise $147.5 million to invest in energy-saving projects in central and eastern Europe. In addition to normal equity returns, investors will have […]

We're on the Road to Nowhere Good

Despite the introduction of more eco-friendly cars such as the hybrid gas-electric Honda Insight, the American car fleet is more destructive to the environment than ever before, spewing record amounts of carbon dioxide, according to an annual ranking of new car models by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The 10 most fuel-efficient vehicles […]