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Environmental protection trending negative, says report

The Worldwatch Institute yesterday released its “Vital Signs 2007-2008” report, which generally concluded that the earth is flatlining. Only six of 44 studied environmental trends were declared to be positive […]

EPA says oil spill in Brooklyn, N.Y., may be larger than originally thought

A giant oil spill that’s been languishing underground in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Greenpoint neighborhood since at least the 1950s might not be as big as first thought — it’s likely even […]

Air pollution makes hail bigger

Caution: air pollution causes big ol’ hail.

Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute

China, India, and Russia are each home to two of the most polluted places on earth, with sites in Azerbaijan, Peru, Ukraine, and Zambia rounding out the top 10, says […]

Cutting edge investment philanthropy from the search engine’s .org arm

Joel Makower brings news of an interesting and innovative initiative (an III, if you will) from Google.org, the search company’s non-nonprofit philanthropy arm. They’re sending out an open call asking […]

Tell us what to call our new news section

Our sharp-eyed readers will have noticed changes in Grist’s news section. Used to be, we had the Daily Grist: five (or so) news blurbs, sent out via email and published […]

Nearly 200 species added to World Conservation Union’s Red List

The World Conservation Union has added 188 animals and plants to its Red List, a tally of the flora and fauna most threatened with extinction. The additions bring the depressing […]

Inuit villagers give birth to twice as many girls as boys

Twice as many girls as boys are being born in Arctic communities across Greenland and northern Russia, where Inuit villagers are known to have high levels of human-made chemicals in […]

New Russian bomb not as eco-unfriendly as a nuclear weapon, says official

Russia has tested the world’s most powerful vacuum bomb, with an explosion as powerful as a nuclear weapon. But don’t get the wrong idea: the Russian deputy armed forces chief […]

John McQuaid explains the lessons we should have learned from Hurricane Katrina

In an new series in Mother Jones, John McQuaid reports on what we should have learned from Hurricane Katrina. McQuaid knows what he’s talking about — three years before the […]