Articles by Grist staff

Smells Like Clean Spirit

Environmentalists in Kuwait — indeed a rare breed — celebrated scent-free, fresh air on Earth Day in the town of al-Qurain, nine miles south of Kuwait City. Thirty years ago, before the town was developed, officials began dumping the nation’s trash in an abandoned quarry in al-Qurain. Fifteen years later, housing went up, and residents […]

Nappy Stir Up

Environmental groups in the U.K. want the country’s National Health Service to spearhead a campaign to use cloth nappies (that’s Brit for “diapers”) instead of disposable ones. The Women’s Environmental Network says parents attending pre-natal classes in the U.K. are shown only how to put a disposable nappy on an infant — and that’s wrong, […]

Kempthorne in Their Paws

Say goodbye for now to one enviro fad — more grizzly bears in the lower 48 states. Interior Secretary Gale Norton is preparing to drop the Clinton administration’s plan to reintroduce grizzlies into the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana and Idaho. The bears have been removed from 98 percent of their historic range and only about […]

Fad Tuesday

President Bush said yesterday he supports a clean environment, but would “make decisions based upon sound science, not some environmental fad or what may sound good.” He defended his environmental record at an environmental awards ceremony for youths, and he continued to talk green in interviews aired this morning on network shows. Since becoming president, […]