Articles by Grist staff

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Historically adversarial players in the Everglades restoration effort joined forces yesterday to support a plan working its way through Congress. Florida’s sugar industry, a number of environmental groups, the office of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), and South Florida’s water utilities announced their backing for a plan that passed the Senate Environment and Public Works […]

Sorry, Charlie-san

The U.S. and 18 other nations attending a meeting this week on migratory fish approved a plan on Tuesday to create a commission to regulate tuna catches in the Pacific Ocean, but Japan is threatening to ignore any new regulations. Pacific tuna populations are not yet endangered, but backers of the plan say new rules […]

Rodham, Cowgirl!

The Sierra Club endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) yesterday in the hotly contested race to represent New York in the Senate. The move is viewed as a setback for Clinton’s opponent, Rep. Rick Lazio (R), who won the group’s endorsement in his 1996 House race and fought hard to win it this time. Enviros have […]

Didn't They Ever Read the Cherry Orchard?

Russian enviros are concerned that President Vladimir Putin is sacrificing environmental protection in pursuit of economic growth. Their biggest complaint is that Putin transferred the powers of the State Committee on Environmental Protection, the country’s equivalent of the U.S. EPA, to the Ministry of Natural Resources, whose role up to now has been to authorize […]