Articles by Grist staff

Philly Eagles cheerleaders put out ‘eco-sexy’ calendar

We’ve mentioned a number of times how green the Philadelphia Eagles football team is, but I believe we’ve neglected to mention that the cheerleaders are also backing the effort to green the team. In fact, they’ve been so kind as to pose in organic swimwear and eco-accessories for a 16-month calendar printed on (mostly) recycled […]

Snippets from the news

• Your life is worth less than it was five years ago. • High gas prices mean more interest in online education and fewer traffic deaths. • Caviar could kill you. • British Columbia tries to stop extinctions. • Bird populations plummet.

Björk, Sigur Rós protest Icelandic aluminum plant in concert

Grist video producer Jennifer Prediger visited Iceland recently, attending an environmental protest concert featuring Björk and Sigur Rós. Here’s her report, in words and video. In Iceland, the battle between power companies and conservationists is heating up. As the aluminum industry’s plans to build dams and smelters move full steam ahead, Icelanders could well become […]

U.N. clean-energy program criticized for not funding clean energy

The United Nations Clean Development Mechanism, set up under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, issues carbon credits to industrialized nations that pay for renewable-energy projects in developing countries. Last we checked, coal and natural gas weren’t renewable — but the CDM is currently paying out millions of dollars a year to 13 natural-gas-burning plants in China […]