Articles by Grist staff

15 Green Religious Leaders

These men and women represent many different religions, but they’re all spreading the eco-gospel. Read about them, then tell us which spiritual leaders have inspired you to greener heights in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Photo: Nikolaos Manginas Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I “Crime against the natural world is a sin,” says […]

Old MacDonald Had a Harm

Feds to review endangered-species decisions made by departed official Remember Julie MacDonald? The Bush appointee’s oversight of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ended with her abrupt resignation in May, after she was accused of overriding scientists’ recommendations in order to make decisions beneficial to industry and detrimental to endangered species. Now the Department of […]

Good Things Come to Those Who Relate

Greens should play up the optimism, says Peter Madden It’s a dilemma faced by every green: We know it’s more effective to focus on the positive when talking about environmental crises, but we consistently find ourselves stressing sacrifice and impending chaos instead. (Grist, with its “gloom and doom with a sense of humor” tagline, is […]

Just Call Us the Rainmakers

Study confirms connection between human activity and increased rainfall A study led by Canadian scientists shows that peeps have an effect on precip: “For the first time, climate scientists have clearly detected the human fingerprint on changing global precipitation patterns over the past century,” the team says. Comparing rainfall records from 1925 to 1999 against […]