Articles by Grist staff

Haste Makes Waste

Savor your flavors with the slow-food movement You could say Carlo Petrini is a prophet of sorts. More than 20 years ago, the Italian gastronome and conservationist observed the decline in food varieties and flavors. Worried that the world would succumb to McDonald’s-ization, he created the Slow Food concept, which protects and publicizes local delicacies […]

His Soul Goes Marching On

BP CEO John Browne and U.S. Interior Department official resign In one of the oddest corporate tumbles in recent memory, BP CEO John Browne has resigned over allegations that he lied in court about the origins of his four-year relationship with a male escort. Huh wha? Browne, who spent 41 years rising through the oil […]

And Maybe We’ll Finally Clean Out That Closet

Daily Grist taking day off tomorrow, back on Thursday You know how, after you’ve been working for months on end, you get a hankering for a day off? You’re not sick, but you feel a little burned out, and you’re pretty sure tending to your own needs would help you do your job better, so […]

Pep Rally

PepsiCo buys a lotta renewable-energy credits, tops EPA green power list The U.S. EPA released its quarterly list of the top 25 buyers of green power yesterday, with the No. 1 slot filled by a new kid in the renewable-energy biz. That would be PepsiCo, which vaulted to the top of the list by announcing […]