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  • Viva Zap

    Canada, U.S., Mexico sign five-year energy pact Will an energy pact between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico pave the way for alternative fuels or grease the skids for business as usual? Maybe a little of both. The five-year agreement, signed yesterday by Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers Grist’s questions

    Robert Peoples. What work do you do? I run a nonprofit called the Carpet America Recovery Effort, or CARE. I serve as the executive director. I am also the director of sustainability for the Carpet and Rug Institute. Finally, I manage an environmental engineering and consulting company in Florida. I am a Ph.D. chemist by […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Harry Potter greens the publishing biz, Japan nuke plant shut after quake, and more

    Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Deader Than Ever Use the Task Force, Dick Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Welcome Back, Potter Pretty Please, With Cuomo On Top Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Whole Market Foods? You Look Radiant Frigi-Dare

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • Go Get ‘Em, Plugger

    Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study Plug-in hybrid vehicles, long extolled here at Grist HQ, seem always to elicit one question from doubters: Wouldn’t running cars on electricity just mean more emissions from power plants? Answer: No! According to a new study from the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources […]

    Grist staff Cities