Articles by Grist staff

Throw in a Pony, and We’ll Talk

In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks Apparently driven insane by high gasoline prices, congressfolk are reaching virtuosic heights of pandering and venality, approaching some sort of Platonic ideal of What’s Wrong With Politics These Days. Exhibit A: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) just unveiled a proposal that would bribe […]

Pollute Suit Riot

States sue EPA for not regulating CO2 Ten states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA over what has become a central point of contention between the feds and … people who have to live on the planet for the next 50 years: whether or not the agency has the authority to regulate planet-warming […]

The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries

EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide After contriving to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide for use in strawberry fields forever, the U.S. EPA has withdrawn the plan in the face of fierce opposition from California officials, labor unions, and enviros. The approval of methyl iodide was to be the culmination of a […]

Bungle in the Jungle

Critics say Peru pipeline is an accident waiting to happen Don’t get us wrong: Peru is a lush, gorgeous country, and you should certainly enter our sweepstakes to win an eco-trip there. (Seriously, what are you waiting for?) But like most countries, Peru has its environmental challenges. And today we bring word of one that’s […]