Articles by Grist staff

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 […]

Nuclear Plants Might Not Withstand Terrorist Attacks

Nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorists, and attacks on them could cause much more damage than Tuesday’s disasters, says Tom Clements, head of the Nuclear Control Institute in Washington, D.C. He says the reactors’ containment systems were not built to withstand attacks from the air. But that’s not all. Clements says, “It’s quite apparent […]