Articles by Grist staff

Smacked Down

The World Wildlife Fund won a legal battle on Friday to limit the World Wrestling Federation’s use of the initials WWF. A High Court judge in London ruled that the federation broke a 1994 agreement with the enviro group, under which the wrestlers agreed to restrict their use of the initials in promoting their, um, […]

Time Off for Bad Behavior?

U.S. President Bush told ABC News on Friday that his administration could have done a better job spinning its environmental policies. Bush, in an interview from his Texas ranch, where he is vacationing for the month, said, “My administration’s made a lot of very thoughtful and environmentally sensitive decisions, but you get no credit for […]

Say It Is So, Joe

The powerful duo of Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) called for a plan on Friday to require power plants in the U.S. to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. They said the U.S.’s absence from the Kyoto treaty on climate change could hurt American industry, as well as the environment. Meanwhile, White House […]

In the wake of Bonn, Bush's isolationism takes a page from China

After reading more than a dozen articles about the failure of the U.S. to engage in the recent Kyoto negotiations in Bonn, President Jiang Zemin of China angrily called President Bush yesterday. “Isolationism has always been our thing,” Jiang reportedly said during the phone call. “This would be like your Seinfeld saying, ‘Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, […]