Articles by Grist staff

China’s carbon emissions highest in the world last year, study says

China’s carbon emissions were the highest in the world in 2007, exceeding those of its closest rival, the United States, by 14 percent, according to a new study from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The NEAA also found in a study last year that China was the world’s top polluter in 2006, a finding some […]

Critic bashes new eco-tainment network

I imagine some folks over at Planet Green are seeing red right about now. You would be too if someone suggested your new eco-cable network “embarrasses the Earth.” It’s the first really negative review of Planet Green I’ve seen, and it was penned by Slate television critic Troy Patterson. The entire review can pretty much […]

Snippets from the news

• Endangered turtles show up in Texas. • International talks in Bonn end with, as usual, scant progress. • Bank of America donates $1 million to Conservation International. • Exxon quits the gas business. • Lions at Kenya park at risk of extinction. • Ron Paul drops out.

Wal-Mart truck fleet on track to meet fuel-efficiency goals

Wal-Mart has improved the fuel efficiency of its 7,000-truck fleet by 20 percent since Oct. 2005 and is on track to meet its goal of a 25 percent improvement by the end of 2008, a Wal-Mart executive said Friday. Having already downsized its diesel tanks and started rolling on more efficient tires, the company also […]