Articles by Grist staff

This Leaves a Lott to Be Desired

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said this week that he’s prepared to take on Sen. John Kerry if the Democrat from Massachusetts follows through on a threat to filibuster legislation permitting oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Lott said he would use the occasion to blame Democrats and environmentalists […]

"Read My Lips"

After conservatives and industry raised a fuss, President Bush reversed a campaign pledge for the first time yesterday and said he would not seek reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. A statement by his campaign last September promised Bush would set “mandatory reduction targets” for emissions of CO2, the main gas contributing to […]

Greens' Day

Germany’s Greens emerged unusually unified this week from their party congress in Stuttgart, just a few weeks before two key state elections. The Greens, a partner in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s coalition government, made steps to end longstanding divisions between radicals and moderates. Moderates were appeased when the party voted not to support blockades of nuclear […]

Cannon Bawl

The Interior Department under Gale Norton is quietly getting behind congressional efforts to roll back former President Clinton’s legacy of national monuments. Today, for instance, the National Park Service is set to come out in support of legislation to restore hunting at the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. The bill is expected […]