Articles by Grist staff

Micro-Softie

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen yesterday donated $3.4 million to protect 25,000 acres of the Loomis State Forest in northern Washington state. In July, enviros raised $13.1 million to buy the land, which is home to one of the last healthy lynx populations in the lower 48 states, and protect it from logging. But earlier this […]

Norm!!!

The feds are expected to purchase two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and begin planning how to demolish at least one of them, under an agreement reached between the Clinton administration and two Washington politicians, Rep. Norm Dicks (D) and Sen. Slade Gorton (R). Removal of the dams, […]

I Am the Triax, I Speak for the Cars

General Motors is taking a step forward in the race to produce green cars with an announcement today that it has developed a new concept vehicle, called the Triax, that can operate with a range of power sources, including gasoline, hybrid, and electric systems powered by either batteries or fuel cells. In the meantime, U.S. […]

Hot Under the Cholera

The Yamuna river, the largest tributary of India’s holiest river, the Ganges, is so severely polluted that it brings death rather than life to the people along its banks, breeding cholera, malaria, and other diseases. The government’s 1993 cleanup plan for the river, which focused on building more sewage treatment plants, has barely made a […]