Articles by Grist staff

Twenty-first-century Fox

Mexico’s national water commissioner, Cristobal Jaime Jaquez, says 73 percent of the country’s water, whether underground or on the surface, is a danger to public health and Mexican President Vicente Fox describes the problem as a "national security issue." Mexico has less drinking water per capita than Egypt, and 93 percent of the country’s rivers […]

Grand: Funked Railroad

In a surprising defeat of a government-owned rail company, environmental officials in the heavily polluted destination spot known as Hong Kong refused a permit request last fall to build a passenger line across Hong Kong’s largest freshwater wetland. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp. has mounted an unprecedented appeal and spent loads of money to come up […]

Bush's Climate Solution — Turn Up the A.C.!

Frustrating environmentalists, the Bush administration on Friday rolled back a rule approved by former President Clinton that would have required new central air conditioners to be 30 percent more efficient than the current standard. Instead, the administration (for once) made no mention of an impending energy "crisis" and said it would opt for what the […]

Bouncing Baby Boycott

The first international conference of Green Party politicians and supporters voted unanimously today to launch a boycott against U.S.-based oil companies in retribution for President Bush’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on climate change. Australian Sen. Bob Brown, who chaired the meeting of the Greens in Canberra, Australia, said Bush was choosing the […]