Articles by Grist staff

2.6 million acres opened to drilling in Alaska, Dems introduce Drill Act to spur production

The U.S. Interior Department announced it’s opening up some 2.6 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to exploratory drilling. A decision on drilling in the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake area of the reserve has been deferred for 10 years, delighting many environmentalists who have advocated for its permanent protection. Bidding on leases […]

Snippets from the news

• Cost of Yucca Mountain soars. • ExxonMobil doesn’t want to pay interest on punitive damages from Valdez oil spill. • Groceries set guidelines for sustainable seafood. • Fidel Castro not impressed by G8. • Europe warned that natural-gas price could double.

Harrison Ford on living green

Can we live green and live well? Harrison Ford says living well is living green:

Ex-policymakers urge current politicians to get off their asses

In order to avert “a long-term energy crisis,” writes a bipartisan group of former political up-and-ups in a letter to U.S. politicians, we must “reexamine outdated and entrenched positions” on energy. The letter, sent to Barack Obama, John McCain, every member of Congress, and all 50 governors, declares that “we must rise above partisan differences […]