Articles by Grist staff

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, […]

I've Got a Secret and I'm Not Telling

Vice President Dick Cheney has formally refused to turn over documents relating to the development of the Bush administration’s energy plan to the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. The GAO may now take the White House to court over the issue. Democrats and enviros believe the energy plan was tailor-made for energy […]