Articles by Grist staff

Mad Max

Environmental activist Richard Max Strahan filed suit yesterday against Maine Gov. Angus King (I) and U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daly, asking a judge to order them and other officials to stop licensing the use of lobstering and fishing gear that entangles northern right whales. There are only some 300 right whales left in the North […]

Utilities Knifed

The New York state legislature approved a bill yesterday that aims to reduce air pollution drifting into New York from coal-burning power plants in Midwestern and Southern states. Under a federal program, utilities that reduce their emissions of sulfur dioxide below federal limits can sell credits to other companies giving them the right to exceed […]

The Placer's All Mine

Placer Dome, a Canadian gold mining company that has been on the defensive ever since a devastating waste spill at one of its mines in the Philippines in 1996, is trying to clean up its image with a “sustainability initiative.” In a meeting in Sydney last month, the company negotiated a draft agreement with environmental […]

Matt Zencey, Alaska Rainforest Campaign

Matt Zencey is campaign manager of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign. A 19-year resident of Anchorage, Alaska, Matt temporarily moved to Washington, D.C., last fall to expand the campaign’s national operation. He will be glad to leave behind the chaos and congestion of the Washington area in June, when he will return to the campaign’s Alaska […]