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  • Ken You Dig It?

    London Mayor Considers Expanding Downtown Congestion Charging London Mayor Ken Livingstone boasts that the year-old, eight-square-mile pay zone in the center of the city — where motorists are charged $9.40 to enter between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekdays — has worked to reduce congestion and increase the use of public transportation. He promises […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Bush EPA dilutes meaning of environmental justice

    The U.S. EPA has failed to integrate environmental justice research into the development of its policies, says a report [PDF] released on Monday by the EPA’s inspector general (IG), who operates an independent office within the agency. Play at your own risk. Photo: Environmental Defense. More troubling still, the EPA under President Bush seems to […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Group Hug

    Environmental Cooperation Bringing Hostile Nations Together Frustrated by the glacial pace and pestersome bureaucracy of major international treaties and conventions, a new generation of environmental activists is turning its focus to “environmental peacekeeping”: local, grassroots efforts to forge cooperation on ecosystem preservation among neighboring nations with a history of conflict. Activists say that, rather than […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Well, Excuuuse Us!

    U.S. Seeks Exemptions from Ban on Ozone-Damaging Pesticide The U.S. will seek to make a large number of American farmers and industries exempt from an international ban on the highly toxic and ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide, set to take effect next year, Bush administration officials announced yesterday. (We thought they saved this kind of stuff […]

    Grist staff Politics