Articles by Grist staff

Prey for Rain

Wildfires in Portugal Push Iberian Lynx Closer to Extinction The endangered Iberian lynx is closer than ever to extinction following a rash of devastating wildfires that hit Portugal this summer during a blistering, continent-wide heat wave. Only about 120 lynx remain in the wild in Portugal and southwestern Spain, down from some 3,000 in the […]

Bill Moyers speaks his mind on Bush-brand environmental destruction and more

Bill Moyers is best known as the broadcast journalist who, for more than 20 years, has brought the public frank, soul-searching, and sometimes frightening examinations of — well, of almost everything under the sun. On air, he’s equally comfortable discussing politics or poetry, scriptures or science. Bill Moyers isn’t pulling punches. Photo: PBS. Born in […]

The Three Amigos

Three Major Companies Join Fight to Protect Tongass Office supply giant Staples and building companies KB Home and Hayward Lumber have joined with environmentalists in opposing a Bush administration proposal that would allow roads and development in southeast Alaska’s pristine Tongass National Forest. The three companies, all big users of wood products, have been working […]

Secret Disservice

Big Biz Shaped Bush Energy Plan, Congressional Investigators Say Corporations had a significant hand in formulating the Bush administration’s energy policy, but the full extent of their influence is unknown because the White House has mulishly refused to release information on the matter. That’s the word in a report released yesterday by the General Accounting […]