Grist Magazine
Can Local Stores Have An Impact on Global Warming?
A revival of small, neighborhood retailers could be an important strategy for countering climate change, enticing people to run errands without driving their cars.
Is Sustainability Coming To A Neighborhood Near You?
Doug Farr, widely known as a leader in the United States green building movement, is shifting his focus from single buildings to entire neighborhoods.
How Environmentalists Can Talk To Evangelicals
An interview with J. Matthew Sleeth, evangelical environmentalist and author.
American Christianity Embracing Environmentalism
"To conservative Christians, environmentalism was a dirty word -- it stank of paganism, of interference with the free market, of the sixties. Meanwhile, many environmentalists were more secular than the American norm, and often infected with the notion spread by the historian Lynn White in his famous 1967 essay, "The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," that Christianity lay at the root of ecological devastation. Everyone, in short, was scared of everyone else. But there were a few lights starting to shine in that gloom."
'Is God Green?': Evangelicals And The Environment
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers on the growing environmental consciousness of conservative evangelical Christians.
The Big Buildup
Huston Eubank, director of the World Green Building Council, answers Grist's questions.
Reusing Regional Amusement Parks
Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become housing.
Mining Companies Blast Mountaintops and Memories
Controversial technique by mining companies of dynamiting moutaintops to get at coal destroys more than the environment.
Museum Exhibit Provides Green Building Advice
Ethan Goffman profiles the "Green House" exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
The Battle Over Sprawl and The Future Of America
Former journalist Anthony Flint discusses his new book, which chronicle of the fledgling smart-growth movement and the challenges it faces. Some see Flint as a moderate voice in the highly-charged debate.
Eco-Friendly Design And Construction Need To Go Mainstream
Auden Schendler wonders why you can't buy an eco-friendly house in any average subdivision in America.
The Elephant in the Green Room
Grist interviews retiring Republican environmental leader Sherwood Boehlert.
Restoring DC's Ancostia: A Tale Of Two Rivers
A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious. Slated for a grand renewal project... the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity.
Beyond the Gale?
Who will succeed Gale Norton as head of the Interior Department? Grist Magazine speculates.
Environmentalists Say EPA Program Encourages Polluters
A coalition of environmentalists criticize the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Performance Track program.
Top Five Environmental Stories Of 2005
The big green stories of the year, as reported by Grist Magazine, involved hurricanes, climate change, Bush follies, and oh yeah, one or two good things.
World's Depopulation Problem
Birthrates are falling across the world in developed as well as developing countires.
Nuclear Power Poised To Make A Comeback
Is the world ready for nuclear power again?
Interview: Simmons -- The Coming Saudi Oil Shock
This well-connected industry insider has concluded that some of the world's largest oil beds may be on the verge of production collapse -- and he's willing to bet his much-vaunted career on it.
Environmentalists Worried About Alito's Record
Environmentalists in D.C. have spent the last 24 hours digging through Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's extensive paper trail for clues as to how he might vote on environmental cases were he confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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