Articles by Grist staff

City residents emit less CO2, study says

Residents of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States emit less carbon dioxide pollution per capita than the U.S. average, according to a new study. The Brookings Institution analyzed data on household and transportation energy use and found that the average U.S. resident was responsible for about 2.87 tons of carbon pollution a […]

Snippets from the news

• E.U. releases eco-driving tips as protests over fuel costs rumble. • States sue EPA over ozone rules. • Massachusetts creates offshore management plan. • Obama and Clinton talk guns, energy, and federal land use in Montana. &bull Cellulosic ethanol demo plant opened in Louisiana. • General Electric aims to cut water use.

Junk emails go green

You know the spam: the Nigerian oil minister has an outrageous sum of money and desperately needs a foreigner’s help to take it off his hands. But the times are changing — junk email has gone green! A New York Times blogger reports receiving an email asking for investment in a Renewable Energy Technology System. […]

Brazil swears in new environment minister

Carlos Minc was sworn in as Brazil’s environment minister on Tuesday. Minc succeeds Marina Silva, who quit after six years of uphill battling to protect the Amazon rainforest from development. Greens are cautiously optimistic about Minc, who was a founder of Brazil’s Green Party, a former environment secretary in the state of Rio de Janeiro, […]