Articles by Grist staff

We Can’t Bear to Look

U.S. Senate squares off on ambitious energy bill All eyes are on the Senate this week as it debates a controversial Democrat-penned energy bill. (Hey! We said “all eyes”! Don’t go away.) The legislation contains several provisions that make Big Oil, Big Auto, and Big Republicans squirm: it would shift nearly $15 billion in tax […]

Antonio Diaz, environmental-justice advocate, answers questions

Antonio Diaz. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I work with a San Francisco-based grassroots environmental-justice organization called PODER: People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights. I’m the organization’s director. What does your organization do? PODER works with Latino immigrant families in San Francisco to organize on environmental- and economic-justice issues affecting them, […]

WHO says dirty air and water kill 13 million people a year, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: OK, We’re Moving to Iceland Don’t Count Your Hatchery Salmon Before They Hatch, or Even After Buffalo and Behold How Much CO2 Does a Kegger Emit? Johnson Pussyfoots Yellow Jersey Optional Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: The Talk of the […]

Comedian Dave Attell wants your number

Comedian Dave Attell wants your number. No, really! The star of Comedy Central’s Insomniac was at Bonnaroo this year working the air-conditioned comic tent. At a press conference Sunday afternoon, Attell said he’s really here for the hippie girls, and that he likes a vegan girl who can keep him up all night talking about […]