Articles by Grist staff

Green Danube

Four Eastern European nations — Bulgaria, Moldava, Romania, and Ukraine — signed an agreement yesterday to increase the protected land in the Danube River delta to more than 2.5 million acres. The Lower Danube Green Corridor, as the protected area will be called, contains wetlands, lakes, meadows, and flood plains. The nations will cooperate in […]

Jumbo-sized Problems

India’s population of elephants is moving toward extinction because of widespread poaching, loss of habitat, and brutal training methods, according to Maneka Gandhi, the nation’s Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment and also head of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She said there are fewer than 800 adult male elephants left in […]

Pac Mentality

Political action committees (PACs) and executives connected to the nuclear power industry have been channeling money to the campaign coffers of GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush, according to an analysis by FECInfo, an organization that tracks campaign money. Since January 1999, 20 PACs set up by electric companies with nuclear power plants have given […]

Worm and Fuzzy

Charismatic, “cuddly” animals in Britain are getting a disproportionate share of conservation money, while insects, worms, and other invertebrates are being neglected, according to a new report by the Wildlife Trusts. The group says that insects and other “mini-beasts,” which perform vital roles in the natural world, deserve as much public sympathy and conservation funding […]