Articles by Grist staff

Wolf Blitzes

Defenders of Wildlife formally petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday to reintroduce wolves to the southern Rocky Mountains, an area encompassing western Colorado, southern Wyoming, northern New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Utah. The region would be ideal for wolves because it is sparsely populated and contains large stretches of public land, […]

Stop the WTO — and Bring Some Coleslaw

Many environmentalists and other anti-globalization activists are planning to gather in Seattle on 30 Nov. to mark the one-year anniversary of much-publicized protests against the World Trade Organization. Thousands are expected, though far fewer than the estimated 50,000 who hit the city’s streets last year, calling for trade policies to be made more friendly to […]

Forced Busing?

U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is set today to unveil a new management plan for California’s Yosemite National Park that aims to reduce crowding and traffic congestion in the park, which gets 4 million visitors a year. A centerpiece of the long-anticipated plan is an expanded shuttle bus system intended to cut automobile traffic by […]

Cowa-Bunga!

A Malaysian ship, the Bunga Teratai Satu, that had been stuck on the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast of Australia for 12 days was tugged to freedom earlier today. Enviros were unhappy that rescuers had to blast away coral with dynamite to get the ship loose; fortunately, the blast did not cause any […]