Articles by Grist staff

The Oil Hits the Fan

Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble A $3 billion, 1,000-mile pipeline — slated to be pumping oil from the newly opened Caspian oilfields through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to the world market by April 2005 — has run into a whole mess of trouble. Environmentalists and many local groups are incensed that the […]

Green Quixote

Humboldt-Based Candidate New Front-Runner for Green Party Nomination Meanwhile, far from the madding crowds in Iowa, Green Party activists are fishing about for a standard-bearer of their own. Ralph Nader said no thanks; he’s planning to lose the 2004 presidential race as an Independent. But a potential front-runner has emerged in the person of David […]

Permission to Pollute, Sir!

Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws The Department of Defense plans to petition Congress for exemption from three federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and two toxic waste statutes. This will mark the third time in three years the Pentagon has made the appeal; Congress denied the first two requests, although […]

Houston, We Have a Solution

Supporters Claim $300 Billion Energy Plan Would Create 3.3 Million Jobs A coalition called the Apollo Alliance released a report on Wednesday proposing and outlining a 10-year, $300 billion investment in alternative energy sources, which it claimed would create 3.3 million jobs and more than pay for itself through energy savings and economic stimulation. The […]