Articles by Grist staff

Greenahertz

Chipmakers Phasing Out Lead Computer chip manufacturers are going greener. Intel and National Semiconductor announced separately yesterday that they will begin eliminating lead from most of their products. Intel will begin shipping lead-free embedded processors in the second quarter of 2004 and lead-free microprocessors in the third quarter; their lead-free memory chips are already on […]

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch …

Bush Shows Off Ranch to Conservation Groups President Bush today will give a tour of his Texas ranch to what the White House calls “wildlife conservation organizations,” including Ducks Unlimited, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, and, uh, the National Rifle Association. Bush’s policies of promoting oil and gas exploration and other development in the West have […]

Quality Is Job One

Protected Areas Aren’t Adequate to Shield Endangered Species Some 20 percent of the world’s threatened animal species live in habitats that are entirely unprotected, according to a study just published in the journal Nature. Although 11.5 percent of the world’s land is protected in wildlife preserves and parks — exceeding the ambitious 10 percent goal […]

Breath Defying

EPA’s New Smog Standards Cause Political Uproar On April 15, the U.S. EPA will release a list of counties across the country that exceed its new standards for ground-level ozone (the main component of smog), and the impending announcement is already kicking up a political poopstorm. Local and state governments in overly smoggy areas will […]