Articles by Grist staff

De-beige-ing China

In an effort to clear Beijing’s thick smog before the 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China next month, the city plans to shut down furnaces, outlaw bonfires, and ban the use of trucks and tractors for 10 days. Meanwhile, in Nepal, officials are instituting an immediate ban on the import of two-stroke motorcycles […]

Grow with the Flow

A state commission in Arizona yesterday backed a change to the state’s constitution that would let the state set aside some of its trust land for conservation instead of selling it for development. Still, the Growing Smarter Commission dodged the tough questions of how much land to set aside and who should choose it. And […]

Hondurans Flushed over Sewage Problems

Honduras is urgently seeking $220 million in aid to repair its sewage system and stop the open flow of human waste through the streets of its capital Tegucigalpa. The city’s sewage system was severely damaged when Hurricane Mitch hit the area last year; some 80 percent of the pipes were destroyed and the remaining ones […]

More Problems Unvailed

The Vail ski resort in Colorado is in environmental hot water again and could get slapped with millions of dollars in fines for building a temporary dirt road that is spilling sediment into a protected wetlands area. The road, which Vail says was accidentally built in the wrong place, was supposed to be used by […]