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Out on a Ledge If global warming is an emergency, then let's act like it	Mike Tidwell	14 Nov 2006	Soapbox
On a recent Monday morning, at exactly 8 a.m., a dozen global-warming activists converged in Washington, D.C., at the main entrance to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Will a D.C. protest get the ball rolling? Photo: climateemergency.org Two activists dressed as window washers -- painter's hats on, squeegees in hand -- carried a 32-foot extension ladder to the building's main ...
Topics: climate, United States (all these topics)

Snob Appeal Why everyone should be allowed to love food with unrestrained glee	Tom Philpott	08 Nov 2006	Victual Reality
I spend hours at a time in the kitchen, I approach my morning coffee with a quasi-religious fervor, and the attention I grant beer and wine selection can border on the Talmudic. Am I a food snob? Diverse authorities -- including my mother, a certain Grist writer, and several friends -- have claimed as much. Foodies bite. Photo: iStockphoto And while they mean it with affection, their co ...
Topics: agriculture, food, slow food, United Kingdom, United States, Victual Reality (all these topics)

To Tell the Truth An artist invokes the spirit of courageous Americans, past and present	Robert Shetterly	07 Nov 2006	Main Dish
Editor's note: We asked painter Robert Shetterly to share part of a portrait collection and book he's created called "Americans Who Tell the Truth." In addition to eco-legends such as Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, and even Grist friend Bill McKibben, the artist profiles lesser-known activists who have shown us how to fight loud and proud, every da ...
Topics: art, Bill McKibben, green living, United States (all these topics)

Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections		06 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections Pursuing its goal of world destruction (mwahaha!), the U.S. won approval to continue using and making a pesticide banned under an international ozone treaty. The decision, which countered the recommendation of the treaty's technical committee, allows a 5,900-ton methyl bromide exemption in 2008 -- ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Thou Shalt Not Passage Canada, U.S. debate shipping rights in legendary Northwest Passage		06 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Thou Shalt Not Passage Canada, U.S. debate shipping rights in legendary Northwest Passage Remember when we said Canadians were needy? Well, get a load of this: they want to maintain control over shipping rights in the legendary Northwest Passage, just because they own it. The nerve! With climate change melting Arctic ice, the Atlantic-to-Pacific byway -- long traveled seasonally by ice-breakers and stealthily by submar ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, news, United States (all these topics)

Under the Macroscope Protests, international conference focus on U.S. climate stubbornness		06 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Under the Macroscope Protests, international conference focus on U.S. climate stubbornness How many delegates does it take to convince the U.S. to address climate change? No one knows, but the 5,000 gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the latest U.N. climate conference are giving it a shot. The two-week event opened today with remarks from Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori: "We are all gathered this morning on behalf ...
Topics: climate, Kenya, news, United States (all these topics)

Standing on Protocol U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again		03 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Standing on Protocol U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again At a meeting in New Delhi this week, thumb firmly attached to nose, the U.S. is seeking to convince fellow signers of an international ozone-layer treaty that it should be allowed to continue to use and produce a pesticide it had agreed to ban by 2005. With a stockpile of nearly 11,000 tons of methyl bromide -- which not only deple ...
Topics: news, ozone, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Hauntingly Familiar Groundbreaking climate report inspires predictable political responses		31 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Hauntingly Familiar Groundbreaking climate report inspires predictable political responses World reaction to yesterday's U.K. report linking climate change with possible economic ruin has been swift -- and painfully predictable. While British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his likely successor Gordon Brown hailed the findings, Kyoto-resisters Australia and the U.S. offered more lukewarm responses. A ...
Topics: Australia, climate, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

We Will Rebury You Bush and Putin may look to store radwaste at site of Russian nuclear catastrophe		27 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
We Will Rebury You Bush and Putin may look to store radwaste at site of Russian nuclear catastrophe Besides the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the deadliest nuclear catastrophe in history happened ... no, not at Chernobyl, but in Chelyabinsk, Russia. In the mid-20th century, three disasters in the area spread contamination from a nuke-weapons complex, but the news was hushed up by the KGB and CIA. So what b ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, Russia, United States (all these topics)

Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million		17 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Two's Company, 300 Million's a Crowd U.S. population hits 300 million This morning at 7:46 eastern daylight time, the 300 millionth American was either born or crossed the border. Person 300 Million is here just in time for bitter pre-election immigration debates: 40 percent of the U.S. population growth rate is attributed to immigration, and immigrants make up the largest proportion of the nation's population since the 192 ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

'Hood Intentions LEED is expanding to neighborhoods, and Doug Farr is leading the way	Charles Shaw	12 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Doug Farr was heading into The Grind, a local fair-trade coffee spot in Chicago's swanky Lincoln Square neighborhood, when he ran into Peter Nicholson, the organizer of the city's monthly Green Drinks. The two well-heeled unofficial flag-wavers for the local green scene exchanged enthusiastic greetings, and began discussing the latest goings-on. Doug Farr. "Ugh. I'm really over ...
Topics: Chicago, consumerism, green living, greening biz operations, innovation, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Forgive and Let Live Debt-for-nature swap will protect rainforests in Guatemala		03 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Forgive and Let Live Debt-for-nature swap will protect rainforests in Guatemala About 20 percent of Guatemala's debt to the United States will be forgiven in exchange for forest conservation efforts in the Central American nation, officials announced yesterday. It's the largest debt-for-nature swap carried out under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, which allows debt owed to the U.S. to be inve ...
Topics: Central America, news, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
So That's Why We Can Never Find a Parking Space U.S. population to hit 300 million in October As the U.S. population ticks ever closer to the 300 million mark -- 299,800,000-plus and counting! -- many enviros worry that the rising numbers will amplify existing environmental problems. "The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world experiencing significant population growth," says Vicky Markham of the Cent ...
Topics: news, population, United States (all these topics)

Like Blight on Rice U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain		22 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Like Blight on Rice U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain The U.S. government admitted last week that its commercial supply of long-grain rice has been contaminated by an illegal, untested, genetically modified strain with the warm-and-fuzzy name of LLRICE 601. The European Union, the biggest importer of U.S. long-grain rice, may decide to delay or ban imports; Japan ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, Japan, news, United States (all these topics)

Won't You Be My Labor? Immigration crackdown exacerbates organic-farm labor shortage		14 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Won't You Be My Labor? Immigration crackdown exacerbates organic-farm labor shortage Organic farmers are desperately struggling to find workers, caught between rising demand and an ever-more-severe labor shortage. More than half of the 1.8 million farmworkers in the U.S. are here illegally, and increased border patrols have reduced the number of immigrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Service-s ...
Topics: food and agriculture, Mexico, news, United States (all these topics)

Surprise-Side Economics While cutting back on mercury at home, the U.S. exports it abroad		08 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Surprise-Side Economics While cutting back on mercury at home, the U.S. exports it abroad Like Mickey said, it's a small world after all, and pollution that gets exported can end up coming back home. Case in point: mercury, a neurotoxin especially dangerous to children and women of childbearing age. The U.S. is cutting down on the use of mercury, and has passed laws to limit mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. But t ...
Topics: news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Peak oil and politics	John McGrath	03 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Last week the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran part one of a two-part series on how Cuba survived without oil after the fall of the Soviet Union. (Not technically true -- there was oil, just far too little of it.) The next part runs this Sunday and has to do with the redefinition of Cuban medicine in the post-oil world. It's all very fascinating, and it's produced by one of our national treasures, David Suzuki.But it's had me thinking once more about the likely res ...
Topics: Cuba, David Suzuki, oil, politics, Russia, TV, United States (all these topics)

Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears A polar-bear-protecting treaty between the U.S. and Russia was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. It would prohibit the possession, sale, and purchase of polar bears or parts thereof (ew!), and also set quotas on hunting by Native populations. Currently, Native Americans are allowed to hunt polar bears for subsist ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Home Sweat Home Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S.		18 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Home Sweat Home Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S. Many areas of the U.S. broke record highs for power use yesterday, as a coast-to-coast heat wave caused sweaty citizens to crank up the AC. Power grid operators are calling for conservation, and the utility industry is declaring a national need for more power plants and transmission lines. California used 46,561 megawatts of powe ...
Topics: California, climate, energy, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Outstripped Demand for organics outpacing local supply		10 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Outstripped Demand for organics outpacing local supply With demand for organic food soaring in the U.S. and U.K., manufacturers of organic products are struggling to find adequate supplies of organic ingredients and are increasingly looking and buying abroad. While exporters like Australia welcome the trend, it creates a dilemma for many organic enthusiasts, who also tend to support lo ...
Topics: Australia, food and agriculture, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

One Minute to Midnight Bush plans nuke deal with Russia; G8 to spread nuclear power worldwide		10 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
One Minute to Midnight Bush plans nuke deal with Russia; G8 to spread nuclear power worldwide On the eve of next weekend's meeting of the G8 -- where developed nations will unveil an ironically named "global energy security" plan that would expand nuclear-power technology across the globe -- the U.S. will announce a deal with Russia that would allow broad cooperation between the two countries' civilian ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, Russia, United States (all these topics)

With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions The U.S. boasts 30 percent of the world's cars and is responsible for almost half of global car-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new report by Environmental Defense. American-driven cars emit 15 percent more carbon dioxide per mile than the global average (meaning, in essence, they get worse gas mile ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Law and Border Immigration scuffles threaten wildlands along the U.S.-Mexico border	Eliza Barclay	06 Jun 2006	Main Dish
In the three-way struggle between the U.S. Border Patrol, illegal border crossers, and the natural environment, it's never clear who's winning. A U.S. Border Patrol truck on the move near Douglas, Ariz. Photo: Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. If you ask the Border Patrol, they will tell you they apprehended nearly 1.2 million illegal crossers in fiscal year 2005, and that it w ...
Topics: land degradation, Mexico, United States (all these topics)

Cold Rush Greens worry as countries scurry to set up camp in Antarctica		05 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Cold Rush Greens worry as countries scurry to set up camp in Antarctica Several dozen countries have set up camps and research stations in Antarctica, giving greens short-term fears that development will damage fragile ecosystems and long-term fears that the continent will soon be pillaged for oil, gas, and minerals. A 1959 Antarctic Treaty declares Earth's driest, windiest, coldest contine ...
Topics: Antarctica, Australia, mining and drilling, news, United States (all these topics)

The Vandals Took the Handles Water privatization brings a flood of problems in U.S. cities		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Vandals Took the Handles Water privatization brings a flood of problems in U.S. cities As of 2003, some 1,100 U.S. municipalities had privatized their drinking-water systems, hoping that mismanaged public systems could be made higher-quality at relatively low cost. So much for that idea. Private firms in cities across the country have been investigated for illegally discharging sewage into rivers, shirking on maint ...
Topics: news, United States, water conflicts (all these topics)

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