Articles by Grist staff

More Green, Less House

U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases, which cause climate change, rose just 0.02 percent last year, the smallest annual increase since the recession year of 1991, according to the Department of Energy. At the same time, the U.S. economy grew by 3.9 percent. DOE economist Arthur Rypinski said it would take several years of similar data […]

Energy Boom

As Asia’s population expands and its burgeoning middle classes pursue more energy-intensive lifestyles, Northeast Asian nations are turning to nuclear energy to meet growing demand, building many nuclear power plants and planning hundreds more. Many of the region’s citizens are uncomfortable with this trend, especially after the accident last month at a nuclear fuel facility […]

Spy-ghetti

Ancona, Italy, announced yesterday that it will pay $70,000 for satellite photographs to help it pinpoint the exact location of illegal toxic waste dumps in the city. Italy’s Environment Ministry says at least 152,000 tons of illegal refuse, much of it toxic, are dumped in the nation each year, primarily by organized gangs dubbed the […]

No More Genetically Modified Haggis

A British law requiring genetically modified foods to be labeled as such — in restaurants and bakeries as well as supermarkets — has caused manufacturers, retailers, and restaurant chains to make a mad dash to rid their goods of GM ingredients. But the law is also causing a fair amount of confusion, because different companies […]