Articles by Grist staff

McCain or Obama should attend global climate talks in December

This is a guest post from Bill McKibben, a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and author of a dozen books, most recently The Bill McKibben Reader. McKibben serves on Grist’s board of directors and is cofounder of 350.org. —– There have been moments in the last few weeks when it seemed like the world […]

New Jersey moves to become premier U.S. offshore wind-power hub

New Jersey this week opened a new front in its battle to be a leader in renewable energy generation. Gov. Jon Corzine (D) announced an ambitious goal to triple the amount of wind power the state plans to use by 2020 to 3,000 Megawatts, or about 13 percent of the state’s total electricity. The wind-power […]

E.U. parliament to vote on climate proposals amid financial crisis

Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee on Tuesday will vote on key green initiatives proposed earlier this year, among them plans to alter the European Union’s emissions-trading system, ramp up spending on carbon capture and storage technology, and eventually ban construction of new coal-fired power plants. The proposals are all part of the E.U.’s […]

Snippets from the news

• Why CDC responded with “lack of urgency” to formaldehyde warnings. • 500,000 gallons of oil spilled from Hurricane Ike. • Democratic Republic of Congo cancels two-thirds of logging contracts. • Expert says 99 percent of Alaska’s glaciers are in decline. • Michigan governor signs renewables legislation. • Algae fuels the green revolution. • Ted […]