Articles by Grist staff

Bush admin to try to push through rule allowing more power-plant pollution

According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. EPA aims to finalize by next week controversial rules allowing power plants to emit more pollution overall as long as they reduce their emissions on a per-hour basis.

World could be fossil-fuel free by 2090, study says

The world could wean itself off fossil fuels entirely by 2090 with trillions of dollars worth of investments in renewable energy and a concerted worldwide push, according to a study by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council.

Up to seven endangered orcas feared dead

A group of 90 orcas that was declared endangered in 2005 may have lost up to seven of its members — the group’s biggest decline in about a decade. Some researchers said the drop is likely tied at least in part to large declines in the orcas’ favorite food: chinook salmon.

Arctic ice thinning even in winter, study finds

A new study found that Arctic sea ice has been thinning steadily in winter since about 2001, with last winter’s ice shrinking by nearly 20 percent. The new data could speed up forecasts for when Arctic sea ice will be completely gone.