Articles by Grist staff

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

The U.S. EPA and the Energy Department summoned executives from the nation’s biggest oil companies to Washington, D.C., yesterday to make them explain why gas prices are rising markedly in the Midwest, all but accusing the companies of price gouging. The EPA doesn’t buy the oil industry’s excuse that prices are as high as $2 […]

Maine Squeeze

Under pressure from a lawsuit filed by enviros, the federal government has agreed to make a decision by Nov. 17 on whether to list Atlantic salmon in Maine rivers as endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been dithering over the question, though Atlantic salmon populations have been in severe decline for years. In […]

Hannah Stewart, Aquarius Underwater Laboratory

Hannah Stewart is the controlled flow environment specialist on the mission at Aquarius, where a team of six aquanauts will spend nine days in the underwater laboratory 63 feet below the ocean’s surface in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Tuesday, 13 Jun 2000 CONCH REEF, Fla CONCH REEF, Fla. Woke up this morning after feeling […]

Getting Your Goat

Large herds of goats and flocks of sheep are being used in woods and fields across the U.S. to reduce the risk of forest fires and protect native plants by dining on thick brush and invasive species. For example, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is using sheep to chow through kudzu, an invasive vine, […]