Articles by Grist staff

Too Often Is Heard a Discouraging Word

Americans are discouraged by environmental problems and are losing interest in them, according to a new review of public opinion surveys. In 1989, 51 percent of Americans worried a great deal about the ozone hole and 35 percent about global warming. In 1997, those figures fell to 40 percent and 24 percent. Water pollution is […]

Spanish Fly in Face of Energy Tax

A European energy tax and other measures to combat climate change could create up to 1.9 million new jobs in the European Union, according to a study released yesterday by the World Wildlife Fund. Efforts to introduce a Europe-wide energy tax have been stymied by nations such as Spain that fear it would curb competitiveness […]

Poor Yeti

Glaciers in the Himalayas are threatened by global warming and most of them could melt within 40 years, perhaps causing catastrophic floods in areas inhabited by millions, according to a report published in today’s issue of New Scientist magazine. The study authors, scientists at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, say the glaciers in the Himalayas […]

A Monica You Want to Hear About

Leaders of Santa Monica, Calif., declared yesterday that they are fed up with dirty air caused by coal-fired power plants and will power city-owned buildings with electricity generated from geothermal sources. The city is the first in a deregulated market to buy all its power from renewable sources, according to Global Green USA. Santa Monica […]