Articles by Grist staff

Club Feat

As part of a $3 million October campaign blitz, the Sierra Club announced yesterday that it will run TV and radio ads criticizing the environmental record of George W. Bush in four swing states — Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In one ad, set to start running on Monday, an announcer says, “Al Gore created […]

Have You Herd?

Wildlife organizations this week are trying to increase pressure on the Clinton administration to stop killing bison that leave Yellowstone National Park in the winter in search of food. Monday is the deadline for public comment on the administration’s environmental impact statement on bison management in and around the park, and the National Wildlife Federation, […]

And other words from readers

A number of the following comments on campaign 2000 and Green Party candidate Ralph Nader are responses to a set of letters published previously.   Dear Editor: I read all the letters posted on the Nader-Gore-Bush debate. I had planned to vote for Ralph Nader, but with the benefit of so many other perspectives, I […]

The Red Barren

According to a new “red list” released today by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), 11,046 plants and animals worldwide are at risk of extinction, up by more than 200 species from the last time the list was updated, four years ago. This includes 24 percent of mammal species and 12 percent of bird species. And […]