Articles by Grist staff

My Left Soot

EPA proposal on soot emissions ignores scientists, ticks off enviros Finally getting around to updating air-quality standards that were supposed to be revised in 2002, the U.S. EPA late last month unveiled a proposal that pleases … nobody. It would lower the daily limit for fine-soot pollution, which comes from coal-fired power plants, cars, and […]

Come Back, J. Edgar Hoover, All Is Forgiven

FBI’s been monitoring green groups, using secret informants Ever get the creepy feeling somebody’s watching you? Well, it’s not the weed: The FBI has been spying on U.S. environmental, animal-liberation, and other activist groups — though the feds insist it’s the innocuous, totally legal kind of spying. Greenpeace and PETA, among others, have shown up […]

Strange Ted Fellow

Ted Stevens, thwarted on Arctic Refuge, threatens to take toys home When last we checked in with you, dear readers, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was threatening to attach a provision to a defense appropriations bill that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Well, not only did he do that, he also […]

All the News That’s Fit to Regret

The top five environmental stories of the past year As years go, 2005 … well, it could have been better. Amidst the war, torture, terrorism, and spying, environmental concerns did occasionally pop into public view. Alas, your bold switch to LED “holiday” lights didn’t get the widespread attention it deserved. Instead, the big green stories […]