Articles by Grist staff

Please Don't Squeeze the Chairman

Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.), who became chair of the Senate Environment Committee six months ago following the death of pro-conservation Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.), has been a not-entirely-unpleasant surprise for enviros. Many had feared that the conservative Smith would use his new position to lead a no-holds-barred assault on environmental protection. Instead, Smith has shown […]

Not Appealing

Enviros were unhappy yesterday at the news that the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the EPA should have taken into account costs to industry when it issued tougher clean-air standards in 1997. Last week, the court agreed to hear the federal government’s challenge to a lower court ruling that invalidated those tougher air-quality […]

In Big With the League

Al Gore picked up the backing of the League of Conservation Voters yesterday, his first endorsement from a national environmental group. LCV President Deb Callahan: “His environmental achievements are the most extensive of any public official in high office.” Gore used the occasion to tout his green credentials and proclaim the launch of an “environmental […]

Net Loss

Populations of wild salmon in the North Atlantic have fallen to record lows, and if current trends continue, the salmon may be headed for extinction, the World Wildlife Fund said today. In the last 25 years, the number of large salmon returning to spawn in North American rivers has fallen from 800,000 a year to […]