Articles by Grist staff

It's a Hardrock Life

Hardrock mining companies and electric power plants are the worst toxic-chemical polluters in the U.S., according to EPA Toxics Release Inventory data unveiled yesterday. In all, the EPA found that 7.3 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released by eight industries in 1998, the most recent year for which data are available. Metal mining accounted […]

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 […]