Articles by Grist staff

Peruvian residents fed up with mining

Big Mineral has made big investments in Peru, where the government has leased some 45,000 square miles of Andean highlands for mining. But Peruvians are getting fed up. When residents of a town called Rio Blanco took an unofficial vote on Monterrico Metals’ plans for a $1.4 billion copper mine in their backyard, 95 percent […]

Greenpeace releases another ranking of tech companies’ environmental records

Greenpeace has released the fifth version of its Guide to Greener Electronics, and lauds the tech industry for making “great improvements” since the first scorecard hit the scene in August 2006. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Dell took the top three spots this time around; Apple, the CEO of which was rankled by his company’s dead-last […]

Feds apologize for encouraging employees to buy fuel-efficient Japanese cars

A Bush administration official has apologized for encouraging government employees to consider buying fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Which is why we have a “dumbassery” tag.

A few of our favorite parenting and health links

It’s possible to say a lot in a two-week series on parenting and health, but it ain’t possible to say it all. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of sites we’re finding pretty dang helpful and entertaining. They tell the rest of the story, and they’ll keep telling new stories after our series is over. […]