Articles by Grist staff

From the Folks Who Brought You the Bomb

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory say they have found a way to help tackle the problem of climate change by combining carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, with common magnesium- or calcium-bearing minerals. The resulting mixture, a mineral carbonate, would trap the CO2 and prevent it from reaching and […]

At Loggerheads

Several dozen environmental groups will send a letter to Pres. Clinton today expressing “deep disappointment” over administration policy on Northwest forests. The enviros believe the administration’s Northwest Forest Plan, put in place in 1993, provides far too little protection for old growth. The timber industry, for its part, maintains that the plan is unworkable because […]

Go with the Flow

After decades of disputes, eight states and 30 Indian tribes along the Missouri River have agreed on a compromise plan to share the river’s flow. The plan would, among other things, keep more water in upstream reservoirs in Montana and the Dakotas during dry times to boost recreation and protect fish and wildlife habitat, a […]

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 […]