Articles by Grist staff

Damage Control

Canadian High Court Clears Way for Damage Suits Against Polluters In a significant — and, to enviros, heartening — decision handed down Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that governments may sue polluters and negligent companies for damage done to public lands and natural resources that have no commercial value. The case involved an […]

Buy-O Tech

Biotech Industry Funnels Cash to Universities and Politicians The biotechnology industry is steering millions of dollars into both U.S. agricultural universities and political campaigns — and it’s getting plenty of return on its investment. At the University of California at Davis, for example, biotech companies contribute money for new buildings, laboratory studies, salaries for post-doctoral […]

How Can We Sleep While the Liberals Are Winning?

Environmentalist Rock Star to Run for Australia’s Parliament Peter Garrett, former lead singer of the band Midnight Oil and a longtime environmental activist, announced yesterday that he will run for a seat in the Australian parliament as a member of the opposition Labor Party. He’s almost sure to win, as the Sydney seat he’s vying […]

The Drill of It All

Bush Administration Pushes to Open More Alaska Land to Drilling The Bush administration hasn’t been able to finagle its way into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but it’s pressing ahead with plans to drill for oil and gas on other remote, environmentally sensitive public lands in Alaska. The Bureau of Land Management this week proposed […]