Articles by Grist staff

Snippets from the news

• White House influenced EPA to deny California waiver. • Huge renewable-energy co. will invest $8 billion in U.S. wind power. • Iceland resumes whaling. • Newest hurricane study: they’ll be less frequent, more intense in a warming world. • Tokyoites least eco-minded of big-city dwellers. • Kansas gov. vetoes coal bill yet again.

One in eight bird species may go extinct

One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN’s Red List of threatened species, 190 birds are designated “critically endangered”; eight of those were added this year. Sixteen other bird species were also moved to a higher level […]

Hybrid speedboat makes its debut

You knew it had to happen sometime — luxury speedboats have gone green! Well, at least one has: California resource officials got a ride Friday in what Austrian manufacturer Frauscher Bootswerft says is the world’s first hybrid recreational boat. The speedy, sleek 25-footer has a combo electric-diesel engine. California Resources Secretary Michael Chrisman’s reaction after […]

Animated map shows changes in a warming world

Gotta see it to believe it? Behold: Climate Change in Our World, a project from Google Earth and British environmental and meteorological offices that gives a visual representation of what we’ve got in store. Using NASA satellite images and medium-case climate scenarios, the project uses time-lapse animation to illustrate predicted planetary changes through 2100. Viewers […]