Articles by Grist staff

Rhys Roth, Climate Solutions

Rhys Roth is a founder and codirector of Climate Solutions, whose mission is nothing less than to stop global warming at the earliest point possible by helping the Pacific Northwest become a world leader in practical and profitable solutions. Monday, 23 Apr 2001 SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine This is no typical day in my life as an […]

You Can Rhone, but You Can't Hide

Many rivers in Europe are in poor health and don’t come close to meeting the European Union’s environmental standards, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday. The group found that 50 out of 69 river stretches in 16 countries were in trouble; the worst polluted rivers included the Rhone and Seine in France, the Severn in […]

Arresting Development

In a pre-Earth Day demonstration protesting President Bush’s environmental policies, 10 environmental activists were arrested yesterday at U.S. EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., after chaining themselves to the building’s entrance. Among those arrested were John Passacantando, executive director of Greenpeace USA, and Randy Hayes, president of the Rainforest Action Network. Passacantando said in a statement, […]

Christie Toad Whitman

The Bush administration has put on its green hat leading up to Earth Day. President Bush has said he would sign a treaty phasing out a series of nasty chemicals and not roll back a couple of environmental rules approved by former President Clinton. U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman has been making the rounds […]