Articles by Grist staff

E.U. Parliament approves plan to require airline emissions reductions

A European Union plan to bring the airline industry into its carbon-trading market has just passed the E.U. Parliament, angering many airlines, the United States, and other countries. Parliament voted to require steeper emissions cuts than the E.U. Commission’s relatively weaker airline plan. Under the amended version, by 2011, all airlines flying within or into […]

A look at Mitt Romney’s environmental platform and record

Update: Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race on Feb. 7, 2008. Key PointsRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn’t convinced humans are a big contributor to climate change, but he supports efforts that would cut greenhouse-gas emissions while pushing America toward energy independence. As governor of Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2007, he […]

Britain quickly running out of landfill space, says study

The British, who apparently have a penchant for tossing rubbish willy-nilly, may run out of landfill space in a mere nine years, says a new report. Says Paul Bettison of the Local Government Association, which conducted the research, “Britain is the dustbin of Europe, with more rubbish being thrown into landfill than any other country […]

Advocates talk up concentrated solar power

It would provide an endlessly renewable, carbon-free power supply, and be a means of bringing drinkable water to those who need it most — on the cheap. An environmentalist’s utopian imaginings? Advocates of concentrated solar power say it could be the future.