Articles by Grist staff

Block Heads

A high-profile emergency spending package that passed the House last night contains a rider that would block the U.S. EPA from implementing major new rules meant to clean up the nation’s waterways. Under the rules, which the agency intends to finalize this summer, states would be required to determine the total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) […]

Al Gore Hiss

Al Gore continued laying out his energy and environment plan yesterday, proposing $25 billion in subsidies over 10 years for eco-friendly mass transit. But he affirmed the right of all Americans to drive their cars anywhere they want, anytime they want. “I reject the idea that in order to have a clean environment and reduce […]

And other words from readers

Grist readers are mighty opinionated when it comes to Green Party presidential nominee Ralph Nader. You’ve been flooding our mailbox with letters responding to Donella Meadows’s column on why she plans to vote for Nader, as well as a follow-up column she wrote on the topic, an item on Nader in our Muckraker column, and […]

Holy Mackerel!

Commercial fish farming has been touted as a way to take pressure off stocks of wild fish, but in fact it has had the opposite effect, according to a study in today’s issue of the journal Nature. Fish farming, or aquaculture, has raised demand for ocean fish such as mackerel and anchovies that are ground […]