Articles by Grist staff

Meet the New Boss — Same As the Old Boss?

In a move that drew tentative approval from both environmental groups and the timber industry, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman yesterday named Dale Bosworth to head the U.S. Forest Service. Bosworth, a longtime USFS employee, has been regional forester since 1997 for the agency’s Northern Region, which covers 25 million acres in 12 national forests […]

We're Going to Pump (Clap Clap) You Up

Florida’s Senate passed a measure on Wednesday that would relax environmental rules and allow untreated, partly contaminated water to be pumped into the state’s underground aquifers. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has asked the U.S. EPA for a waiver from the Safe Drinking Water Act, which requires any water pumped into the ground to be […]

Fin and Dandy

Maryland became the first state to regulate genetically modified fish this week when Gov. Parris Glendening (D) signed a law that prohibits raising such fish unless they are in ponds or lakes that do not connect with other waterways. Under the law, fish growers must also make sure the fish cannot escape by other means, […]

Case Clothed

The White House yesterday chose to stick with rules approved by the Clinton administration requiring more efficient clothes washers and hot water heaters. The regulation for clothes washers, which was supported by manufacturers, will boost efficiency by 22 percent by 2004 and 35 percent by 2007. Efficiency will be increased by 8 percent for gas […]