Articles by Grist staff

Demerit Badge

Bush Admin. Facilitates Drilling Next to Boy Scout Camp It sounds like a modern adaptation of Dickens, but it’s all too true: A White House energy task force is clearing the way for El Paso Corp., a Houston-based energy company, to drill for natural gas near the nation’s largest Boy Scout camp. The Valle Vidal […]

Nucular Mismanagery

Nuclear Industry Not Having a Great Week Yesterday — on the 59th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, marked by the city mayor’s plea to the U.S. to abolish nuclear weapons — Japan experienced its most deadly nuclear accident to date, with four workers killed by scalding steam (ouch) spewing from a ruptured pipe at […]

Pollution on the Orient Express

Asian Air Pollution Wafts Over Eastern U.S. Air pollution from Asia has been found hovering over the northeast U.S., calling into question the efficacy of domestic efforts to improve air quality. “At some point, it may be cheaper to sell pollution-control equipment to China,” said researcher Daniel J. Jacob. Researchers from six countries are involved […]

Park ‘n’ Chide

Kerry Promises to Renew National Parks At a campaign stop in Arizona’s Grand Canyon — wait, isn’t Arizona a swing state? — John Kerry pledged to renew America’s national park system, which he said the Bush administration has left “under stress.” Noting that Bush’s budget for next fiscal year contains less money for national parks […]