Articles by Grist staff

Adieu, Adieu, to You and You and … No, Not You, Missouri

United States of Grist fund-raiser draws to a semi-triumphant close Our United States of Grist fund-raiser is over. The great news is, we met — nay, exceeded! — our goal of $50,000, coming in with an impressive (to us) $56,276. Many thanks to everyone who donated. We’re going to earn it — wait ’til you […]

Hunted Like the Wolf

Wolf population controls shifted to states, landowners Wolves in Idaho and Montana will soon be easier to kill, thanks to new regulations requiring them to run more slowly through livestock areas. Ah, we kid. In fact, new federal rules will give landowners in the two states the OK to fire on wolves they reasonably believe […]

Traders to the Cause

E.U. launches mandatory carbon-trading market With the new year began a “new era for European business,” according to Peter Koster, head of the fledgling European Climate Exchange, the world’s first mandatory market for carbon emissions trading. Under the Kyoto Protocol, ratified in October and set to go into force in February, the European Union agreed […]

Darling Nikki

EPA inspector general making enemies on Capitol Hill Nikki Tinsley, the inspector general of the U.S. EPA, is ruffling feathers in Washington, D.C., these days. A registered independent appointed by President Clinton in 1999, she has developed a reputation for integrity, professionalism, and steely resolve. She views her job not simply as monitoring for fraud […]