Articles by Grist staff

Starter Kit Your Engines!

It’s not too late to win a chance at a Grist green-living kit Perhaps you’ve noticed that we’ve been raising money over the last week or so. If you’ve already given, many thanks. If not, we shall now attempt to bribe you with shiny baubles. Hey! Look over there! It’s a shiny metal canteen! And […]

Yellow Jersey Optional

City of Paris to begin bike-sharing program Ah, Paris. The sex tape! The jail time! Wait, wait … wrong Paris. Ahem. The croissants! The berets! The phallic tower! And now: the free bikes! By mid-July, 10,648 bicycles will show up in 750 stations across The City of Love, allowing riders to pick them up and […]

As If Trees Didn’t Have Enough to Worry About

As landowners age, future of family-owned forests in U.S. is unclear An interesting phenomenon is sprouting up among American landowners — or forest-owners, to be precise. Nearly 60 percent of U.S. forests are privately owned, most by families and individuals, the majority of whom are 55 years old and older. More often than not, aging […]

Birds of a Feather Decline Together

Common American bird populations have dropped sharply Populations of 20 common American bird species have declined by at least half in the last 40 years, according to a new analysis from the Audubon Society. Hard-hit species include the whippoorwill, meadowlark, common tern, field sparrow, ruffed grouse and — our favorite to say — common grackle. […]