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  • Suit Up

    Two environmental groups launched the first legal assault on the Bush administration’s energy policy, suing to overturn last September’s sale of 12 new oil and gas leases by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in southern Utah. The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance claim that BLM officials violated the National […]

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • Lost at Sea

    In the midst of an expedition to document the impact of global warming and pollution on the Amazon Basin, America’s Cup champion Sir Peter Blake was shot and killed yesterday, when pirates boarded his research boat at the mouth of the Amazon River. Blake, a 53-year-old native of Auckland, New Zealand, won the yacht race […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Bad Air Day

    As if flying didn’t already make you nervous: Air quality aboard commercial jets can be hazardous to passenger’s health and the airlines, but federal regulators have done little to address the problem, according to a report released yesterday by a panel of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The report said the systems for collecting […]

    Grist staff Cities

  • Tricks of the Trade

    In a blow to environmentalists and unions, Republicans in the U.S. House pushed through a plan yesterday to give President Bush broad authority to negotiate trade agreements. The bill, which was approved by a single vote, would take away from Congress the power to amend trade deals brokered by the administration; lawmakers could merely vote […]

    Grist staff Politics