Articles by Grist staff

Doe, Oh Dear!

In the latest sad litany of pro-extraction industry decisions handed down by the federal government, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday that the Doe Run Company should be allowed to drill up to 232 holes in Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest to search for possible lead mining sites. About 80 percent of the nation’s lead […]

Lori Urso, Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association

Lori Urso is the executive director of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association. Tuesday, 19 Feb 2002 HOPE VALLEY, R.I. My week begins, as my last one ended, with lingering decisions: Decisions about our board and about fund-raising; about important things (like a half-million dollar habitat restoration project) and about incidental things (like where to store an […]

Meet the New Plan, Same As the Old Plan

The story: President Bush’s plan to curb global warming, unveiled yesterday, didn’t contain many surprises. The president rejected mandatory, government-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions and instead said he would allocate $4.6 billion for financial incentives and new technology to combat climate change. In other words, the status would remain quo: U.S. industries could continue […]

Motor Voters

Whatever else you might have to say about the people who brought us the gas-guzzler, you can’t accuse them of not being organized: As the Beltway battle over whether to toughen fuel-economy standards heats up, General Motors has ratcheted up its offense, calling on suppliers to ask their senators to oppose stricter rules. In a […]