Articles by Grist staff

A Pain in the Asia

In its first-ever comprehensive report on the state of Asia’s environment, the Asian Development Bank found that environmental destruction is pervasive and growing in the region and that Asia’s governments must act quickly to stop it. S. Tahir Qadri, a senior environmental specialist at the bank, said, “The situation is as bad as it can […]

Roger Payne, Ocean Alliance

Roger Payne is president of the Ocean Alliance. Ocean Alliance, which includes both the Whale Conservation Institute and the Voyage of the Odyssey, is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment through research and education. Monday, 18 Jun 2001 GAROVE ISLAND, Papua New Guinea This is Roger Payne, writing to you from […]

Good G-reef

Australian Environment Minister Robert Hill announced yesterday that Australia would phase out commercial coral harvesting on the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living reef formation. Tourists and private individuals are forbidden from taking coral from the reef, but licensed commercial scuba divers are allowed to chip away at the coral, using hammers and chisels […]

Peking Our Interest

U.S. President Bush has often pointed fingers at China’s greenhouse gas emissions problems when explaining why he rejected the Kyoto treaty on climate change. Kyoto would require the U.S. to cap its carbon dioxide emissions, but places no such constraints on developing countries like China. However, China’s CO2 emissions have actually dropped in the last […]