Articles by Grist staff

Trouble in River City

The Missouri River is the country’s most endangered waterway, says American Rivers, which yesterday released its annual list of rivers in trouble. The group says that several species face extinction along the Missouri because of six dams run by feds to control the river for the benefit of a small amount of barge traffic. The […]

Sonar or Later

It is highly likely that Sonar transmissions from U.S. Navy ships caused an unprecedented number of whales and a dolphin to strand themselves in shallow waters off northern Bahama islands last March, according to a task force from the Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Service. But the Navy is still hoping to get a […]

Gone With the Flow

Severe drought is forcing dam operators in the Northwest to choose electricity generation over salmon. Under an emergency order issued last week that is expected to last much of the year, the Bonneville Power Administration is using what water remains to spin turbines to generate power on the Columbia and Snake rivers, overriding Endangered Species […]

Sorry States

The Bush administration wants to shift significant responsibility for enforcing federal environmental laws from the U.S. EPA to the states. The fiscal year 2002 budget proposed by the White House would eliminate funding for 9 percent of the federal enforcement staff and instead provide states with money for enforcement grants and environmental assessments. EPA chief […]