Articles by Grist staff

Let's Make a Deal

In the wake of the collapsed climate change talks last weekend in The Hague, Netherlands, the Clinton administration has proposed that top officials from the U.S. and the European Union meet later this month to reach a deal on how to account for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The meeting would include the EU’s lead […]

Bring Us Your Tired, Your Weary, Your Spent Nuclear Fuel

Russian officials dealt a blow to environmentalists yesterday by rejecting their petition for a national referendum that would have let citizens vote on whether to allow the import of spent nuclear fuel into the country. At least 2 million signatures were needed to force a referendum, and enviros turned in nearly 2.5 million, but the […]

Mississippi Mud

A tanker spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil into the lower Mississippi River on Tuesday evening, one of the largest oil spills in U.S. waters since the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons in Alaska in 1989. The spill near Port Sulphur, La., is about 70 miles inland from […]

A Vail-ed Threat

A coalition of seven enviro groups is urging skiers to boycott many of the top ski resorts in the Western U.S. and is pointing people instead toward resorts that it says are eco-friendly. In a first-of-its-kind report released yesterday, the Ski Area Citizens Coalition ranked 60 resorts in nine states on 11 environmental issues, including […]