Articles by Grist staff

When it rains, tailing ponds above Lima to contaminate drinking water

Peru’s government warned this week that when the rainy season arrives, tailing ponds housing tons of mining waste will likely be destabilized and pour contaminated waste into a nearby river that’s a main source of drinking water for the country’s capital.

Overconsumption will have dire consequences, says WWF report

The World Wildlife Fund released its 2008 Living Planet Report on Wednesday, estimating that to maintain current consumption levels, humans will need two planets’ worth of resources by the mid-2030s. Declares the group’s James Leape, “[T]he ecological credit crunch will require even bolder action than that now being mustered for the financial crisis.”

Stone Gossard sings of salmon in Seattle

At a recent music-and-food-related gathering in Seattle, Pearl Jam guitarist (and Grist BFF) Stone Gossard sang about salmon. His little ditty was inspired by his work with the Wild Salmon Center and focuses on the issue of hatcheries. He says in the song’s intro that he even went so far as to speak with several […]

Global biz leaders support push for international climate agreement

Undeterred by the shaky economy, a gathering of global business leaders on Wednesday gave the thumbs-up to the United Nations’ effort to clinch a global climate deal at its December 2009 rendezvous in Copenhagen.