Articles by Grist staff

Ospar the Grouch

Forty of the 60 main fish species caught commercially in the northeast Atlantic are being scooped up faster than they can replenish themselves, according to a report to be released later this week at a meeting of the international Ospar Commission, which is charged with protecting the marine environment around Europe. The report also found […]

Gimme a (Tax) Break

As high gasoline prices continue to rile Americans, Al Gore plans to unveil a multibillion-dollar national energy strategy this week to reduce American dependence on foreign oil and increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. Under the plan, citizens and small businesses would get tax breaks for buying energy-efficient vehicles and appliances, and […]

Blue-green or Al G.?

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader won the Green Party nomination yesterday at the party’s convention in Denver and pledged to focus on building a “blue-green” coalition encompassing enviros, blue-collar workers, students, inner-city residents, and small farmers and ranchers. He lambasted the Democratic and Republican parties as virtually indistinguishable servants of the corporations that give them massive […]

Smoggy Went a Courtin'

A federal appeals court late last week gave the U.S. EPA permission to begin enforcing a regulation that will force 19 states in the Midwest and South to cut sharply power-plant emissions that contribute to smog in the East. The feds say the new rule could remove 1.1 million tons of nitrogen oxide from the […]