Articles by Grist staff

In the Driver's Seat

With buddies of the auto industry now in charge of the White House, automakers said last week that they will no longer lobby to freeze federal fuel-efficiency standards. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards have remained unchanged since 1975, and the industry until last year had been successful in blocking the Clinton administration from even […]

What's Good for G.M. Is Bad for California

General Motors sued California on Friday to overturn the state’s zero-emissions-vehicle mandate, which requires automakers to produce a limited number of ZEV vehicles in 2003 and increase the number in following years. The lawsuit claims that the California Air Resources Board didn’t take seriously automakers’ concerns about the mandate’s cost or consider a reasonable alternative […]

The Rain in Spain Falls Wherever the Government Wants

Tens of thousands of demonstrators, including musicians and children, took to the streets of Barcelona yesterday to protest a massive $23 billion water diversion project in Spain. The plan, which is now before the country’s parliament for final approval, would divert the Ebro River in the northeast and involve the construction of 120 dams to […]

Sunita Dubey, Toxics Link India

Sunita Dubey is a regional coordinator based in New Delhi for Toxics Link India, an information clearinghouse for toxics and related issues. Monday, 26 Feb 2001 DELHI, India As usual, I wake up with Monday blues. It takes me almost an hour to reach my office. Typically I enjoy observing the hustle and bustle of […]