Articles by Grist staff

Hello, Nu Man

China’s Prime Minister Unexpectedly Suspends Dam Project Well, knock us over with a feather. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has just suspended — pending further study and review — the massive hydroelectric dam system planned for the Nu River, which runs through an unspoiled, richly biodiverse area in western China dubbed a World Heritage Site […]

News Flash: Pesticides Are Bad for Kids

Pesticide Use Impairs Abilities of Children in India According to a study just released by Greenpeace, children from villages in the cotton-cultivating northern states of India, who are exposed to high levels of pesticides, suffer from poor memory and impaired analytical and motor skills. A control group of children not exposed to pesticides performed 80 […]

Might and Maine

Maine Pushes Ahead With Pair of Pioneering Green Laws Maine — known, we found out via Google just moments ago, as the Pine Tree State — is leading the state pack with a couple of eco-friendly laws. A bill approved this week by the state legislature will make Maine the first state to ban the […]

Extreme Prejudice

Bush Campaign Manager Accuses Kerry of “Environmental Extremism” Speaking before a crowd in Michigan, Marc Racicot, chair of President Bush’s reelection campaign, characterized Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry as “incredibly environmentally green” and an environmental extremist; it was unclear whether he saw any distinction between the two. Racicot criticized Kerry’s support for a plan to […]