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  • Frog and Toad Are Dead

    One-third of amphibians threatened with extinction If it is true that amphibians are, as Conservation International’s Russell Mittermeier puts it, “one of nature’s best indicators of overall environmental health,” then we are all in big trouble, because amphibians are having a seriously rough time of it. According to a massive new worldwide study involving more […]

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • Serge Dedina sends a dispatch from the fight against a Mexican LNG terminal

    Serge Dedina is cofounder and executive director of WiLDCOAST, an international conservation team located in Imperial Beach, Calif., just north of the Mexico-U.S. border. He is the author of Saving the Gray Whale, a book based on the three years he lived in the gray-whale lagoons of Baja California. Friday, 15 Oct 2004 IMPERIAL BEACH, […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Victoria’s Dirty Secret

    Enviro group launches campaign against Victoria’s Secret catalogs An enviro group called ForestEthics has trained its sights on the Victoria’s Secret catalog, urging the company to make the shift to more eco-friendly paper and avoid fiber that comes from endangered forests. The real target is Victoria’s parent company, Limited Brands Inc. Limited Brands procures coated […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Martial Flaw

    Bush admin fights off environmental restraints on military In the presidential campaign of 2000, Bush vowed to force the military to “comply with environmental laws by which all of us must live,” but according to a comprehensive investigation by USA Today, he has done the opposite. Since assuming power, the Bush White House has worked […]

    Grist staff Politics