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Willie Corduff has taken arms against a sea of Shell troubles
Willie Corduff. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. “We’d never objected to anything in our whole lives,” says Irish farmer Willie Corduff. But when Shell Oil proposed to put a high-pressure gas […]
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Hammer Simwinga provides alternatives to African poaching
In the 1970s, one of the densest populations of elephants on the African continent roamed the Luangwa Valley of Zambia. By the end of the next decade, massive poaching for […]
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Interviews with the 2007 winners of the Goldman Prize
This year’s Goldman Prize winners fight for justice in the farm fields of Ireland and far beyond. Photo: Willie and Mary Corduff The digital age might allow us to transcend […]
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Ducked Ape
East African gorillas make a comeback Good news, ape fans: thanks to conservation efforts, East Africa’s mountain gorillas are eking their way toward not-endangeredness, at least in one national park. […]
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New York City considers congestion charge, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: The Gothman Prophecies Buzz Light Year What About Excess Waist? A Cult Oriented Now This Is Corn-fusing You Can Green […]
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Readers write in about April Fools’ stories, ungreen magazines, seal clubbing, and more
Re: Cover Story Dear Editor: To my astonishment, the story about the proliferation of “green” issues of magazines like Glamour, Sports Illustrated, and Town & Country made no mention […]
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Our second annual Earth Day list of the year’s goodies, oddities, and inanities
In honor of the 38th Earth Day, we hereby present the Second Ever List of Grist Superlatives — our take on the good, the bad, and the weird of the […]
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Well … A for Effort?
Reports say Chesapeake Bay is still hurting Two new reports show that, despite 22 years of clean-up efforts, the Chesapeake Bay is still in miserable shape. Pollution and population growth […]
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Controversy in Kenya
A major controversy is brewing in Kenya right now about whether to remove the ban on wildlife hunting in order to raise money for conservation. Poaching has been devastating Kenyan wildlife; the logic is that since big-game hunters will pay lots of money to hunt big game, this will offer greater incentive to protect species and funnel money into underfunded conservation efforts.
