Articles by Grist staff

Chemicals May Be Contributing to Early Puberty

Boys in the U.S. are entering puberty at an earlier age, and exposure to chemicals in the environment may be one of the reasons why, according to a study published in September’s Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The study analyzed federal data from 1988 to 1994 and found that the average age for developing […]

WWF Asks Russia to Protect Whales Threatened By Exxon

The World Wildlife Fund is asking Russia to stop Exxon from testing for oil off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, charging that the seismic surveys are driving Western Pacific gray whales from their feeding grounds. “The sooner the seismic work is finished, the more time whales will have to feed again normally and […]

Kuwait Suffers From Month of Fish Kills

About 2,000 tons of dead fish have washed ashore in Kuwait in the past month — a number equivalent to the amount of fish eaten over four years in the country (and Kuwaitis like a good piece of fish on the dinner table). No dead fish have been found elsewhere in the Gulf, leading experts […]

Enviros Say Power Company Buys Off Locals in Uganda

AES Corp. has struck a $500 million dollar deal with Uganda to build a dam near Bujagali Falls on the Nile River, but construction on the site is still on hold. The Virginia-based company said it didn’t expect to encounter so much opposition from locals, whose lives and customs revolve around the river. AES has […]