Articles by Grist staff

Snippets from the news

• Alliance of black churches speaks out on climate change. • Beijing may ban 90 percent of cars to clear air for Olympics. • Gulf dead zone second-largest ever. • First U.S. coal-to-liquids plant to be built in West Virginia. • U.S. Army works to cut carbon bootprint. • American Trucking Association sues California ports. […]

Feds lambasted for neglecting cleanup of abandoned mines

Thousands of abandoned mines across the U.S. West pose hazards to the public, according to a strongly worded audit from the Interior Department inspector general. The Bureau of Land Management’s mine program “has been undermined, neglected, and marginalized,” says the report, and many easily accessible mines have “dangerously dilapidated structures, serious environmental hazards, and gaping […]

Wildlife so far largely safe from Mississippi River oil spill

Louisiana wildlife have so far largely escaped harm from the oil spill that shut down 100 miles of the Mississippi River last week. But biologists remain nervous as the oil slick heads downstream toward the Delta National Wildlife Refuge and neighboring marshy areas, where nearly 100,000 migratory birds will alight in the fall. Barriers are […]

Advocates pushing LEDs into the spotlight

Compact fluorescents have had their time in the sun; it’s time to herald the era of LEDs, say advocates. Light-emitting diodes are bright, extremely long-lasting, über-efficient, and can color-shift by remote control (fun!). The bulbs shine in many traffic lights, colored the Times Square ball on New Year’s Eve, may soon light up the Empire […]