Articles by Grist staff

Bush Takes Issue With Mentality

President Bush said this week that he’s all for allowing drilling rigs to enter parts of America’s national monuments, “where we can explore without affecting the overall environment.” Bush took issue with the “mentality that says you can’t explore and protect land,” explaining that “it all depends upon the cost-benefit ratio.” Environmentalists, needless to say, […]

Sherry, Sherry Quite Contrary

A group of Republican moderates stuck with Democratic lawmakers yesterday and submitted bills in the U.S. House and Senate to cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, only two days after President Bush broke a campaign promise and said he wouldn’t support such legislation. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Me.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.) and Rep. Sherwood […]

A Sony Disposition

A new law requiring manufacturers to recycle used refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, and air conditioners goes into effect next month in Japan. Most firms appear to be ready to take on some of the additional costs of recycling the appliances. In some cases, consumers may have to pay $20 to $40 to recycle their appliances. […]

Huge Grant

In what would be its largest grant to date, Ted Turner’s U.N. Foundation is proposing to give $10 million to preserve the world’s coral reefs. The foundation’s board is meeting tomorrow to vote on the grant, which would go to the International Coral Reef Action Network, a coalition of academic, private, and intergovernmental groups led […]