Articles by Grist staff

A Lansing Blow

Michigan demands 90 percent cut to mercury emissions from power plants Tired of other states getting all the eco-love, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) has ordered her state’s coal-burning power plants to slash mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015. Her plan will not be a cap-and-trade system, but will allow companies to produce a […]

Spinning Isn’t Everything; It’s the Only Thing

Alaska looks to controversial PR firm to promote Arctic Refuge drilling In the face of broad public opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Alaska legislature has … abandoned its push for drilling? Don’t be silly! No, the legislature’s hired a PR firm to sell the joys of drilling to a skeptical […]

A Fit of Leak

Another BP pipeline leaks in Alaska Hot on the heels of last month’s big oil spill, British petro-giant — sorry, beyond-petro giant — BP has confirmed that another pipeline ruptured on Alaska’s North Slope on April 6, leaking 12,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The leak occurred at the same Prudhoe Bay oilfield as last […]

Jumping the Park

Bush admin tells national parks to operate at 20 percent below budget You know what the problem with America’s national parks is? Profligacy. So says the Bush administration, which has ordered the parks to demonstrate that they can function with 80 percent of their current operating budgets. Bush is also proposing to cut about $100 […]