Articles by Grist staff

Parker De-poseyed

The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resigned yesterday after being told he would otherwise be fired for remarks he made criticizing the Bush administration budget proposal. In congressional testimony, Mike Parker, Army assistant secretary for civil works, said the Bush budget for the Army Corps was about $2 billion under what he […]

Lighten Up

How’s this for a good way to scare up a few votes? As debate heats up in the Senate over the energy bill, the White House criticized the Democratic proposal, saying a provision mandating more fuel-efficient vehicles would result in — heaven forbid! — smaller cars and — huh? — more traffic deaths. In a […]

Drills, Spills, and Chills

Meanwhile, in a different corner of the energy debate … A proposal to allow oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shares the spotlight with fuel-efficiency standards as one of the two most controversial items in the energy bill debate. Controversy over the refuge has turned into a triumph of spin over […]

Dissent Into Madness

Arundhati Roy, India’s prize-winning novelist-cum-environmental activist, was found guilty of contempt of court by her nation’s highest court yesterday. Roy was fined 2,000 rupees (about $40) and given a “symbolic” one-day jail sentence in light of the fact that “the respondent is a woman.” Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which […]