Articles by Grist staff

All Choked Up

Fertilizer-soaked sediment is choking off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, putting its long-term survival into question, says the Australian Institute of Marine Science. After compiling the work of 30 scientists around the world, a researcher for the institute found that much of the wetlands and rainforests along the Queensland coast neighboring the reef have been cleared […]

Galluping to the Rescue

A Gallup poll released yesterday showed that Americans favored environmental protections over energy drilling and economic growth. And it found that the public didn’t agree with President Bush’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on climate change. Almost 60 percent of respondents to a recent CBS News poll opposed Bush’s decision “not to reduce […]

Green Day

Hit hard with criticism about its environmental record, the Bush administration for the second day in a row let stand an environmental rule approved by former President Clinton and upheld a plan affecting industry’s lead emissions. The decision, announced yesterday by U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman, means that companies will be required to report […]

Dust in the Wind

Particulate pollution quadrupled across a quarter of the U.S. last weekend because of a dust storm from Mongolia that picked up industrial pollution in China. Some scientists have claimed for years that pollution can spread from China to the U.S., causing air quality to plummet. Russ Schnell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said […]