Articles by Grist staff

Tempest in a Tight Spot

Writer Terry Tempest Williams barred from speaking on Florida campus Renowned author and wilderness activist Terry Tempest Williams is touring the country to promote her new book, “The Open Space of Democracy.” Given the subject, it’s a rather pointed irony that the board of trustees of Florida Gulf Coast University voted 11 to 1 to […]

Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers questions

With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am president and executive director of Rock the Earth. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute “mission accomplished”? Rock the Earth is a relatively new environmental advocacy nonprofit organization based in Denver, Colo. It was created to work with the music community […]

We’re More Partial to Vasco da Gama

Daily Grist takes break to lament Columbus Day Monday is Columbus Day, on which we celebrate the man who precipitated what may have been one of history’s most egregious and far-reaching periods of ecological destruction (not to mention genocide). Here at Grist, we’ll be too busy crying in our coffee to put out Daily Grist. […]

Like a Camel Through the Eye of the Tax Code

Congress moves to close SUV-friendly tax loophole It looks like Congress may soon close one of the U.S. tax code’s most egregious provisions (and that’s quite a distinction!). In 2003, lawmakers raised the business-equipment tax deduction to $100,000, clearing the way for a massive luxury SUV to be written off as a business expense — […]