Articles by Grist staff

Cheetahs Never Prosper

A well-known ecologist in Africa is charging that the Zimbabwe government’s policy of redistributing land owned by white farmers to poor blacks may create an environmental “disaster” threatening the country’s biodiversity. Johan du Toit of Pretoria University in South Africa says the land is home to rare animals such as black rhino, cheetah, and sable, […]

EV Riders

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will decide next month whether to keep, change, or toss out regulations requiring that at least 10 percent of the new cars and light trucks offered for sale in the state emit little or no pollution by 2003. As the regulations stand, at least 4 percent of the new […]

Like a Bump on a Kellogg

While many European citizens are fighting bitterly against genetically modified (GM) foods, Americans have been more complacent and seem inclined to trust that the government and agribusiness corporations will keep their food supply safe. Enviro and consumer groups launched a campaign last month urging consumers to tell Campbell’s and Kellogg’s to drop GM ingredients from […]

Some Say the World Will End in Fire …

With fires whipping across the interior West at a record rate this year, the U.S. Forest Service this week is proposing to Congress a $12 billion plan to use controlled burns and extensive tree thinning to remove thick, fire-prone underbrush out of 40 million acres of forest from Montana to California. The fire prevention effort […]