Articles by Grist staff

Tamayo, Tamayo, I Love You, Tamayo

Mexican President Vicente Fox met yesterday with supporters of two jailed environmental activists and asked his lawyers to review whether the activists had been framed. Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera, who led peasant farmers in Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero in protests against rampant logging in their region, have been sentenced to seven and 10 […]

Get a Piece of the Rock — Before It Goes Under Water

An increase in natural disasters as a result of global warming could cost the world more than $300 billion a year by 2050, says a report to the U.N. by one of the world’s largest reinsurers, Munich Re. The report says the losses would be the consequence of more tropical storms, loss of land due […]

Remorse Cod

Ozone layer depletion may be contributing to the decline of cod stocks in New England, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Using lab experiments, researchers at the University of New Hampshire found that ultraviolet radiation penetrating the atmosphere could be fatal or debilitating to cod embryos and larvae, which live […]

That's About How Many Voted for Gore and Nader

Some 53 percent of Americans oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, while 33 percent favor the idea, according to a poll taken at the end of January by the Associated Press. Former President Carter is continuing his campaign to protect the refuge, saying that drilling would provide only six […]