Articles by Grist staff

Best of the Wurst

Hoping to gain the high ground on climate change, the German government announced new steps yesterday that are aimed at making sure the country fulfills its pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 21 percent from 1990 levels by 2010, as agreed to in the Kyoto climate change treaty. Measures passed yesterday include support for […]

This Sends Shivas Down Our Spine

India’s highest court gave its approval yesterday for a large hydroelectric dam on the Narmada river, a project that had been stalled for six years because of a lawsuit filed by environmentalists. The government said that construction will resume immediately on the Sardar Sarovar dam, part of a massive hydroelectric project that will build some […]

Butterfly in the Ointment

A coalition of environmental groups, including Greenpeace, notified the U.S. EPA yesterday of intent to sue, contending that the agency could harm a number of endangered species such as the Karner blue butterfly if it renews licenses for genetically modified crops that are toxic to insects. A Cornell University study last year found that pollen […]

We're Not Gonna Take This Lion Down

The North Pacific fishing industry is proposing a rider to a major budget bill in the U.S. Congress that would lift a federal court injunction banning fishing in Alaskan waters where endangered Steller sea lions feed. In July, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. government had not developed an adequate protection plan for the […]