Articles by Grist staff

Make a Run for the Border

A U.S. law meant to keep heavily polluting cars in Mexico from entering California has yet to be enforced, even though it went into effect 17 months ago. U.S. Customs Service officials in the state admit they have not imposed any fines or denied entry to a single vehicle, saying they are waiting for direction […]

Amanda Gibbs, Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society

Amanda Gibbs, a former radio and print reporter, is a senior associate with the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society, or IMPACS. Canada’s first nonprofit public relations and media training organization, IMPACS regularly works with large and small conservation and social justice groups to help “turn up the volume” on citizen action, participation, and […]

More Bangkok for Your Buick

Millions of people in more than 800 cities in 30 countries are participating in a car-free day today, according to Margot Wallstroem, environment commissioner for the European Union. The day — marked throughout Europe and in other spots from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv — is aimed at raising awareness about pollution and traffic congestion, […]

A Slade of Hand

Over the objections of Democrats and enviros, Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) tacked a rider onto a budget bill yesterday that would bar the U.S. government from conducting studies over the next year on the possibility of removing four dams on the Snake River in Washington to help salmon populations. Federal officials say they have no […]