Articles by Grist staff

It's My Prague-ative

Up to 30,000 anti-globalization protestors, including many enviros, are expected to descend on Prague in the Czech Republic this week during meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Inspired by the public uprising in Seattle last year and following on the heels of demonstrations last week in Melbourne, Australia, the activists will argue […]

Come on and Easement Down, Easement Down the Road

Almost one-third of Maine’s 15 million acres of forest have been put on sale in the last two years, and conservationists are worried that a good deal of forestland now in private hands may soon be lost to development. Maine voters last year approved $50 million to buy and preserve land, and land trusts and […]

Stand and De-Liverpool

Citizens of East Liverpool, Ohio, are calling on Al Gore to make good on a 1992 campaign promise to crack down on a local hazardous waste incinerator, which is spewing lead, mercury, and dioxin into the air, just 1,100 feet from an elementary school and alongside the Ohio River. Activists concerned about the incinerator have […]

Everybody Cut Footloose

Enviros are asking drivers in 700 European cities to take part in a car-free day this Friday, hoping to spread awareness of the pollution and congestion problems caused by cars. Protests against high gasoline prices have spread throughout Europe in recent days, and enviros hope the hoopla will encourage citizens to consider alternative ways of […]