Articles by Grist staff

Atom-antly Opposed

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian stopped construction of a controversial nuclear plant on Friday. Prime Minister Chang Chun-hsiung, who announced the decision, said that the plant, which would have been the nation’s fourth, was unnecessary and would have created serious environmental and safety risks. The decision, though not a surprise, angered the Nationalist Party, which was […]

Cooked Islands

Rising sea levels and sea temperatures caused by climate change could wreak havoc on the economies of small South Pacific nations, costing $3 billion to $3.9 billion over the next 20 years, according to a report conducted by scientists and economists for Greenpeace. The report said that rising sea levels combined with the loss of […]

Framing: the Debate

A judge in Mexico is expected to issue a ruling within days on the appeal of two environmental activists who have been convicted of illegally possessing drugs and guns even though the country’s National Human Rights Commission has found that they were framed. The two activists, Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera, say they were arrested […]

Rudolf, the Sunburned Reindeer

Within 20 years, a new ozone hole could develop over the North Pole, similar to the one that has been expanding dramatically in recent years over the South Pole, according to one of the three British scientists who discovered the damaged ozone layer over the Antarctic in 1985. A hole over the Arctic could affect […]