Articles by Grist staff

Survey Says …

Fifty percent of Americans believe that improving the environment should take priority over economic growth, according to a Los Angeles Times poll completed last week. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said protecting plants and animals should trump protection of property rights. Fifty-six percent opposed President Bush’s decision to overturn a rule to reduce arsenic levels in […]

Rant and Rail

Germany’s first shipment of nuclear waste in three years to a British reprocessing plant arrived quietly in the U.K. yesterday, a sharp contrast to the protests that marked the beginning of its five-day journey. Protesters in Germany succeeded briefly in delaying the shipment, and demonstrators in northern France threw smoke bombs on the rail line […]

The Environmentalist Currently Known As Prince

Britain’s Prince Philip (you know, the queen’s husband) warned today that the Danube River is on a path toward ecological disaster unless European governments rally to save it. The prince, who is an honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund, said, “Pollution, scouring, and disturbance are slowly killing the natural balance of the whole river […]

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 […]