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Billions and Billions Observed

World Population to Level Off at About 9 Billion, Says U.N. Population growth is expected to slow dramatically over the coming decades, but the number of people on the planet […]

‘Tis Better to Give to Grist Than to Buy Dumb Stuff

Grist Has a (Slightly Self-Serving) Fix for Your Holiday Woes Holiday gift giving got you down? Feeling oppressed by teeming malls, fake pine scent, and the pressure to buy, buy, […]

David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti

David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Monday, 8 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti […]

Fres-yes!

Fresno Launches Big Solar Project Fresno, Calif., is aiming to put itself on the clean-energy map with a major new solar-power project that will be one of the largest of […]

Get Off Your Phone and Fly

Give Us This Day Our Daily Frankenbread

Next GM Product to Hit Market Could Be Your Daily Bread The stakes in the debate over genetically modified (GM) food are about to jump significantly, as the U.S. Food […]

Putin: His Foot in His Mouth?

Russia Might Ratify Kyoto Protocol, After All Mark Twain once famously commented that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Much the same could be said of the Kyoto […]

News Flash: Air Pollution Bad for You

Exposure to Air Pollution Increases Risk of Developing Lung Cancer Air pollution has long been associated with respiratory ailments such as asthma. Now, it seems that poor air quality may […]

The Icky 500

New EPA Chief Calls for Cleaner Air in 500 Days Newly minted U.S. EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt gave his first major speech yesterday, promising to embark on the “most productive […]

Markey-Mark and the Nukey Bunch

GAO Finds Shortage of Money for Closing Atomic Reactors Nearly half of the nuclear-reactor owners in the U.S. are not setting aside sufficient money to decommission the plants when they […]