Articles by Grist staff

Kerr-bing Population Growth

Andy Kerr, a well-known environmental activist who spent much of the 1980s and 1990s fighting a bitter war against logging in the Northwest, is turning his attention to another issue: population growth in Oregon. Kerr’s new organization, Alternatives to Growth Oregon, is still developing its agenda. But Kerr has already proposed some controversial ideas, including […]

What Do You Take Us For, Fuels?

A U.S. government report soon to be released shows a slight increase in the fuel economy of family vehicles in the 2000 model year, but the rise is primarily because of a loophole that gives automakers extra mileage credit for vehicles that can run on ethanol, even though almost no one uses the fuel. In […]

Pipe Down!

The World Bank’s board of directors will vote next week on a highly controversial plan to help finance a $3.7 billion oil-and-pipeline project in Chad and Cameroon. Environmentalists are staunchly opposed to the project, being spearheaded by ExxonMobil, which would entail drilling some 300 oil wells in Chad and constructing a 650-mile-long pipeline from southern […]

Compassionate Conservationist?

GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush yesterday proposed $2.3 billion in new spending and tax credits over five years to promote conservation, including full funding of $900 million a year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and a capital gains tax cut for people who sell property to conservation groups. In his second campaign […]