Articles by Grist staff

Auto-ah!

The Canadian government has proposed levying a tax on motorists to help pay for implementing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. The Canadian Automobile Association, which represents some 4 million vehicle owners, calculated that the tax would be roughly $1,200 per year, based on 15 cents per mile of urban driving and three cents per […]

Dentist the Menace

Here’s one more reason to dread your dentist: Many dental offices flush old fillings down the drain, washing the mercury inside them into the nation’s waterways. That makes dentists the single largest discharger of the toxic metal, according to a national study entitled “Dentist the Menace?” and published by a collection of health and environmental […]

Give Us a Hand

Pop Quiz For Daily Grist Readers: What’s important about today? That’s right — it’s the second-to-last day of the first-ever Grist fundraising drive. So far, it’s been a resounding success, and we’re hoping that those who haven’t yet given will dig deep and help us sprint to the finish. We know, we know; you were […]

Haida Ho

In an unusual move, unhappy employees of paper giant Weyerhaeuser are siding with native inhabitants of British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands, the Haida, in their legal battle against the company. Earlier this year, the Haida sued the company for control of the islands and their forests; on Monday, a reported 135 of 155 Weyerhaeuser employees […]