Articles by Grist staff

Muddy Water

EPA Analysis Finds Clean Water Act Changes Would Cause Major Setback An internal analysis conducted by the U.S. EPA has found that a Bush administration plan to alter clean water rules could result in more than half of the mid-Atlantic’s streams and one-third of its wetlands losing protection under the federal Clean Water Act. That, […]

Proto-cool

Russian Industries Back Kyoto Protocol Here’s an unlikely ally in the battle to combat global climate change: industrial polluters. A number of Russia’s largest gas and electric companies, steel mills, and metal smelters have begun lobbying their government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty on climate change. The companies are so interested in […]

Turf Wars

Missouri, California Clash Over Air-Quality Plan A proposal to reduce air pollution from lawn mowers and other gas-powered outdoor equipment has set the stage for a battle between the staid Midwestern state of Missouri and the kooky Californians. To help deal with the Golden State’s chronic air-quality problem, the California Air Resources Board plans to […]

To Summit All Up

South Africa Assesses World Summit Outcomes, One Year Later The first World Summit on Sustainable Development was held one year ago this week in Johannesburg, South Africa. Now, on the anniversary of that event, the South African government is assessing how much progress has been made in the interim. With respect to one of the […]