Articles by Grist staff

Mighty Don Young

The House overwhelmingly approved a major bill yesterday that would set aside $45 billion over 15 years to buy green spaces, protect wildlife, restore damaged coastal areas, and pay for other environmental projects. The measure, which would be funded by oil-drilling royalties collected by the federal government, would more than double the government’s current budget […]

Bubba Drubbing

President Clinton went on the attack against Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) yesterday, accusing him of being wrong-headed on the environment and other issues. During an interview on National Public Radio, Clinton said that if Bush wins, “he will do what he did in Texas — he will let the people who basically are […]

Not-So-Sunny Bonobos

Nearly a quarter of the world’s primate species are endangered by human activities, according to the World Conservation Union. The group — which is composed of 10,000 scientists, several hundred of whom are meeting in the U.S. this week to discuss the problem — says 50 of 600 primate species are critically endangered, while 88 […]

Patently Absurd

In a decision hailed by environmental and development groups, the European Patent Office yesterday revoked a patent granted six years ago for an anti-fungal product derived from the neem tree, which is widely grown in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and has been used for centuries to make medicines, insect repellants, cosmetics, and contraceptives. The scientists […]