Articles by Chris Schults

The Daily Grist Headline Battle Royale: Match 4

And last week's winner is (drum roll ...) "It's Hard Out Here for a Chinook" with 39%. Natch.

Now, here are this week's nominees:

1. Silly Rabbit, Toxics Aren't for Kids!: Parents strive to protect kids from everyday chemical hazards
2. Love Means Never Having to Remove Your Oil Platforms: Controversial research shows fish thriving around California oil platforms
3. That'll Anacostia: A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious
4. Flame! I Wanna Log Forever: Congress debates measure that would speed up salvage logging
5. Sense and Sensitivities: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities can cause poverty as well as ill health

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Media Shower: A weekly roundup

Wow, I guess I underestimated my ability to influence coverage here at Grist. If you haven't noticed, environmental media has been getting a lot of play around here lately. So, this week I'm simply going to provide a roundup of green-media topics appearing on Grist (and elsewhere):

Courtesy of PBS

While most television networks lack programming in the environmental arena, at least we have PBS, which will air a few green specials just in time for Earth Day.

First we have "Planet H20":

Is convenience the drug that salves commuting guilt?

I sometimes catch the bus at the busy Fremont intersection of 34th and Fremont here in Seattle. I'd estimate that at least 90 percent of the vehicles heading west over the Fremont Bridge have one occupant. This, of course, frustrates me to no end.

Here are all these people heading in the same general direction, at the same time. I've often wanted to stand on the side of the road with a sign that reads, "Your car seats four, why are you driving alone?"

So, why are they driving alone? Richard Seven attempts to answer this question in the most recent edition of The Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine.