Articles by Grist staff

Parks-imonious

U.S. President Bush touched down in Alabama yesterday to visit his third park in less than a month and draw attention to what he said were record spending requests for conservation. In particular, Bush has asked that Congress allocate $900 million for the Land and Water Conservation Fund — a figure that his administration says […]

Eggs on Their Faces (Lots of Little Tiny Ones)

The U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species yesterday rejected a ban on Caspian Sea caviar proposed by a scientific advisory committee. Instead, the countries around the Caspian agreed to suspend exports for six months, while an agreement is negotiated to improve long-term management of sturgeon, whose unfertilized eggs are caviar. Russia, Azerbaijan, and […]

Ford Tore Us

Some Ford customers are lashing out at the automaker for becoming green around the edges. Stan Meager, a 59-year-old fruit grower in Oregon’s Klamath Basin region has been a “Ford man” his whole life. But after Ford announced a $5 million grant to the National Audubon Society, Meager emailed the company, “You are supplying my […]

Rock the House

In a series of votes that weren’t even close, the Republican-controlled House took steps yesterday to block the Bush administration’s plans for oil and gas drilling on natural monuments, delay the sale of oil-drilling leases off the coast of Florida, and prevent the rollback of tougher regulations for hard-rock mining on federal land. The House […]