Articles by Grist staff

Eensy-weensy Smart car getting a big embrace from U.S. drivers

The Smart car ForTwo is coming to a dealer near you this winter — or at least, semi-sorta-near you. About 70 dealers around the U.S. will sell the eight-foot-long two-seater starting in January, and more than 30,000 people have put down $99 to reserve theirs. Drawing comparisons to a golf cart and eagerly awaited by […]

Alaska oil-tax bribery scandal widens, may include members of Congress

For the last year or so, ugly truths about Alaskan politics have been oozing into the limelight as state and federal officials unravel a scandal involving cash bribes, an oil tax, bowling scores, and sleeping pills. Yes, you heard us right: an oil tax! The founder of an oil-field services company pled guilty this spring […]

Thousands of gallons of oil spill in San Francisco Bay and Black Sea, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Gnarly Sheen It Takes a Spillage to Raze the Wild The Suit of Damocles The Yay of the Land Barreling Ahead Capitol and Trade Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: It’s the Agronomy, Stupid Kitty Twister Smolder and Wiser

Six of world’s eight bear species under threat of extinction

Pop quiz: Can you name the world’s eight bear species? (Answer: American black, Asiatic black, brown, polar, panda, sun, sloth, and Andean. Gummy and Care are not acceptable answers.) Six of those eight are under threat of extinction, as the sun bear today joined four of its bear-ethren in the “vulnerable” classification on the World […]