Articles by Grist staff

IBM announces new process to reuse, recycle silicon wafers for solar panels

Tech giant IBM announced it has developed a simple new process to recycle the silicon wafers it uses in many of its products. The process extends the silicon wafers’ useful life, and when that life is finally over, the wafers can then be sold to make solar panels. IBM calculates that if all of the […]

A look at Rudy Giuliani’s environmental platform and record

Rudy Giuliani. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who served as mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, talks up energy independence as a critical component of national security. He acknowledges that climate change is happening and that humans contribute to it at least to some extent, but he doesn’t often address the issue […]

Forest Stewardship Council will overhaul too-lax rules

Ooh, bummer: The Forest Stewardship Council, trusted certifier of sustainably sourced wood and paper, plans to overhaul its standards after acknowledging that some companies using its label are logging destructively.

Sierra magazine names top 10 green colleges

Perhaps inspired by yours truly, Sierra magazine has named America’s top 10 “coolest” green schools — from 850-student Warren Wilson College in North Carolina to the University of California, which has 214,000 students on various campuses. And that’s not even to mention their eight honorable mentions. So take a break and study up.