Articles by Grist staff

Roslyn Cameron, Charles Darwin Research Station

Roslyn Cameron is public support and outreach coordinator at the Charles Darwin Research Station on the Galapagos Islands. Monday, 30 Apr 2001 ISLA SANTA CRUZ, Galapagos A five-minute ride along the mangrove-lined oceanfront road on my rusty old bike finds me at the Charles Darwin Research Station. After four years, my morning commute still never […]

Poll Position

Only 38 percent of the American public approves of the way President Bush is handling the environment, according to a poll taken this week by CBS News. More than twice as many Americans place a priority on protecting the environment over producing energy — but the public overwhelmingly thinks Bush is on the side of […]

The Bonneville Horror

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) on Wednesday said the Bonneville Power Administration and other federal agencies were not fulfilling their obligations to help salmon in the midst of a drought that has caused electricity prices to soar. In recent weeks, the BPA has twice declared power emergencies that allow the agency and the U.S. Army […]

The Fool on Capitol Hill

Some Labor Party members in the U.K. are publicly deriding U.S. President Bush as the “toxic Texan” and “the fool on Capitol Hill” for his stance on climate change. In fact, the Bush administration, by all reports, has been astonished by the intense reaction around the world to its decision to withdraw from the Kyoto […]