Articles by Grist staff

The Weak in Review

Bush’s Mercury Plan Was Rejected by Clinton EPA as Too Weak The Bush administration’s new plan for regulating mercury emissions from power plants is virtually the same as one that the Clinton administration considered and dismissed because it appeared to violate the federal Clean Air Act, former U.S. EPA officials said yesterday. The Bush proposal […]

NPR: One Thing Considered

Pristine Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Opened to Oil Drilling Try as it might, the Bush administration hasn’t been able to get its hands on oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Perhaps to make itself feel better, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is forging ahead with plans to permit aggressive oil drilling in large […]

You’re Under Cardiac Arrest

Heart Disease, Not Respiratory Illness, Is Main Danger from Air Pollution Air pollution may actually be worse for your heart than for your lungs, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. A 16-year study found that long-term exposure to particulate matter in polluted air is more likely to cause death […]

Deck the Hauls

U.S. High Court Will Hear Mexican Truck Pollution Case The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will wade into a dispute over whether tens of thousands of highly polluting Mexican trucks should be allowed to cross the border and deliver goods throughout the U.S. The Bush administration, arguing the free-trade point of view, welcomes […]