Articles by Grist staff

Before They Hit the Road, They're Hitting the Roads

The Clinton-Gore administration today will release a draft proposal that would ban road-building on 43 million acres of roadless national forest land while letting local forest officials decide whether to prohibit activities such as logging, mining, and off-road vehicle use. Enviros who had praised President Clinton when he broadly outlined the roadless plan in October […]

Tour de France — Please!

Increased tourism could help save Europe’s wolves, lynx, and other endangered large carnivores, the World Wildlife Fund argues in a report released yesterday. WWF found that a tourism project in Romania, in an area where a pulp mill recently closed, was successful in providing an alternative source of income for locals and in giving people […]

Billions and Billions Swerved

Cleanup of the most dangerous nuclear waste at the Hanford reservation in Washington state, the most contaminated site in the U.S., will likely be delayed again after the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement yesterday that it plans to cancel its cleanup contract with BNFL. The move comes two weeks after the company said that the […]

Under Lock and Kiwi

New Zealand’s system to protect against the invasion of non-native species is the most advanced in the world, but globalization is making it increasingly likely that the system will be breached and the country’s environment and agriculture disrupted. Over time, the country’s geographic isolation led it to develop a unique ecosystem and helped protect its […]