Articles by Grist staff

It Only Hertz a Little

Rental and car-share companies get hip to hybrids Fueled by consumers’ green interests, rental, car-service, and car-sharing companies are increasingly turning to hybrids. (Hear the collective sigh of relief from guilt-prone enviros who cringe with every tap on the rental accelerator.) Big renters Enterprise, Hertz, and Avis have all recently added several thousand Toyota Priuses […]

In Tents

Climate camp kicks off at London’s Heathrow Airport The controversial Climate Camp at London’s Heathrow Airport kicks off today, with as many as 2,000 people expected to attend at its height. The weeklong protest is aimed at airport officials’ plans to build a new runway, and at the role of aviation in climate change. “Aviation […]

Putting the Yeehaw in Hubris

U.S. federal agencies, World Bank help developing countries emit more President Bush has made clear his feelings on global-warming mitigation: “We all can make major strides, and yet there won’t be a reduction until China and India are participants.” So it seems a wee bit hypocritical that the United States is actually contributing to global-warming […]

Shrinky-Dinky Do

Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world’s iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The […]