Articles by Grist staff

Shiny plants will save the climate, say researchers

You thought fighting climate change was going to be hard? Pssh — all we gotta do is plant some peppers and we’ll be home free. OK, it might not be that easy, but California scientists say they’ve hit on an unusual climate-change solution: shiny plants. Encouraging farmers to plant foliage that reflects the sun’s heat […]

Bush admin backs off appeal of nixed forest-management rules, to release new ones

The Bush administration has backed off of an appeal of a March 2007 ruling that overturned controversial management rules for national forests. The struck-down rules allowed national forest managers to approve logging, mining, cell-phone towers, and other commercial projects without undergoing environmental reviews and were found to violate the Endangered Species Act. The Bush administration […]

Clinton wins Democratic primary in New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, beating Barack Obama by a slim margin and John Edwards by a sizeable one. Clinton has a strong, comprehensive climate and energy plan — but then again, so do her Democratic competitors. Check out Grist’s interview with Clinton and fact sheet on Clinton to get the full scoop […]

McCain wins in New Hampshire, after trolling for green votes

Unseasonably warm weather brought out a surge of voters in New Hampshire’s primary — and is it mere coincidence that the only Republican with a real plan to tackle climate change won? Well, OK, probably yes. But John McCain, who handily prevailed in the Granite State’s GOP primary, did make a deliberate appeal to New […]