Articles by Grist staff

Crossing Jeffords

Jeffords Stalls Bush EPA Appointments Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) has put on hold four of President Bush’s appointments to top positions in the U.S. EPA, protesting what he says is the agency’s refusal to turn over documents he’s requested. Saying he has repeatedly been “stonewalled” by the agency — he points to 12 unmet document […]

Bipartisan House bill may signal growing consensus on climate change

Gilchrest (left) and Olver, the new climate warriors. Photo: U.S. House. The nascent congressional effort to fight global warming has spread to the House — but supporters acknowledge that it’s not likely to receive an especially warm welcome from the chamber’s leadership. Last week, a motley bipartisan crew of representatives including Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) and […]

Hole in the Wal-Mart

Los Angeles Suburb Spurns Mega-Retailer Voters in the Los Angeles community of Inglewood voted overwhelmingly yesterday to deny giant retailer Wal-Mart the right to build a mammoth “supercenter” on a parcel of land the size of 17 football fields without an environmental impact study or public hearings. Citizens voted by a margin of 61 to […]

Friends in Hybrid Places

American Automakers Get Ready to Sell Hybrids Ford Motor Co. announced today that it will put a second hybrid SUV on the market in 2007, but the company and its American counterparts still have a ways to go before they catch up with Japanese automakers and satisfy the demands of environmentalists. Ford’s first hybrid SUV, […]