Articles by Grist staff

Fine and Randy

Bush admin deal exempts thousands of farms from pollution fines A Bush administration deal announced yesterday will allow thousands of factory farms to evade pollution fines. The U.S. EPA has signed consent agreements with nearly 2,700 companies in the egg, poultry, dairy, and hog industries, exempting them from paying major daily fines for toxic air […]

Exxon Lax

Exxon posts record-breaking profit, tries to evade Exxon Valdez penalty ExxonMobil has announced that it reaped $36 billion in profits for 2005 — the largest single-year profit ever by any American corporation. In related news, last week Exxon lawyers asked a federal court to effectively waive $5 billion in punitive damages related to the massive […]

Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers questions

Wenonah Hauter. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Food and Water Watch, a brand-new consumer advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. What does your organization do? We’re focused on protecting two critical essentials: food and water. Our mission is to challenge the economic and political forces that are promoting […]

Readers write back about the Cape Cod wind-farm project and more

  Re: The Wind and the Willful Dear Editor: While I think RFK Jr. has been a huge and important presence in the enviro community, I can’t agree with him on this one. This project needs to be built, and built now. He wants to send the windmills five miles farther out in the interests […]