Articles by Grist staff

The Cars Are Stacked Against Us

While a few small cars being sold in U.S. showrooms get 40 or more miles to the gallon, the vast majority of 2001 model year vehicles get about 20 mpg, according to annual fuel economy statistics released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. The popularity of SUVs, pickup trucks, and minivans drove down the mileage figures. […]

Go With the Flow

President Clinton said yesterday that he will veto a big energy and water appropriations package passed by Congress because it contains a rider that would block the administration from implementing a plan to restore a more natural water flow to the upper Missouri River to benefit endangered wildlife. Clinton said the rider would “jeopardize the […]

Too Oily to Tell

A coalition of environmental groups released a report yesterday claiming that Texas’s voluntary program for cutting air pollution from old industrial plants — a centerpiece of Gov. George W. Bush’s environmental record — has been a failure. In the first year of the Bush-backed program, emissions from the plants were cut by only about 0.3 […]

Sulfuring in Silence

A bill to cut the power plant emissions that cause acid rain would save 10,000 lives a year while increasing the average household electricity bill by only $1 per month, according to a report by the U.S. EPA. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), would reduce nitrogen […]