Articles by Grist staff

Credit Cars

Ford, Toyota, and Honda are working with environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council and Union of Concerned Scientists to urge Congress to pass tax credits for people who buy vehicles that are better for the environment. Legislation introduced in the Senate would create tax credits that range from $1,000 for gas-electric hybrids to […]

Reserve Judgment

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and the state cabinet unanimously approved a plan yesterday to create the largest no-fishing zone in the U.S. The Tortugas Ecological Reserve, which lies 70 miles west of Key West and 140 miles from the mainland, came about after enviros, fishers, and scientists met for 10 years to discuss ways […]

Double, Double for Soil and Trouble

Laying the groundwork for what may become the first environmental law signed by President Bush, the U.S. Senate yesterday voted 99-0 to more than double spending to clean up of hundreds of thousands of moderately contaminated and abandoned industrial sites around the country. In the past, developers have often steered clear of the sites, known […]

Caught With Their Briefs Down

The White House has told the Justice Department to figure out a legal way to cast aside former President Clinton’s plan to ban road-building and logging on 58.5 million acres of national forestland, reports the Washington Post. The Bush administration has until the end of next week to file a brief in an Idaho federal […]