Articles by Grist staff

The Call of the Wild

With just 18 days remaining in the Clinton administration, enviros have organized a nationwide call-in campaign today to urge Pres. Clinton to declare the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska a monument (hint: 1.888.750.4897). President-elect George W. Bush pledged in his campaign to try to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas drilling, and […]

Regulation Time

A blue-ribbon committee formed by the U.S. and European Union to study genetically engineered foods has recommended mandatory labeling and more careful testing of such foods. The committee, whose 20 members included opponents and fans of biotechnology, said late last month that stronger regulations would increase public confidence in the foods, a position that the […]

Teach Half a Million Men to Fish, They'll Eat for a Day

South Africa said yesterday that it will impose emergency measures to save plummeting stocks of several fish species. The fish, including rock cod and red stumpnose, are being caught with long lines, a fishing method that is devastating the fish populations. About half a million commercial and recreational fishers are actively linefishing in South Africa. […]

Man Oman

Stating a desire to protect the environment and children’s health, Saudi Arabia this week began a year-long phaseout of leaded gasoline. All of the kingdom’s domestic refineries began producing exclusively unleaded fuel this week and leaded fuel reserves are expected to be exhausted by the end of the year. Saudi Arabia’s phaseout comes a year […]