Articles by Grist staff

Fishy Chips

Enviros are pushing for a moratorium on new chip mills in the Southeast, calling on Tennessee and other states to follow the lead of Missouri, which decided last week to ban new chip mills for two years while a study is conducted on their environmental and economic impact. Large timber companies are increasingly clear-cutting forests […]

Right to Know-Nothing

To the disappointment of enviros, the Clinton administration yesterday proposed regulations that would allow the U.S. EPA to post only a limited amount of information on the web about worst-case disaster scenarios involving toxic chemicals stored at facilities around the country. The EPA had initially intended to post all available information about possible toxic accidents, […]

Sunny Delight

Arizona became the first state in the nation yesterday to require utilities to produce a small portion of their electricity from solar sources. The Arizona Corporation Commission unanimously approved a requirement that utilities generate at least 0.2 percent of their power from renewable sources next year, and at least 50 percent of that from solar […]

A Snowmobile's Chance in Hell

The National Park Service today banned the recreational use of snowmobiles in nearly all national parks, recreational areas, and monuments, saying they have had a “significant adverse environmental effect” on the park system. The only exceptions are parks in Alaska and Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, where Congress has specifically allowed snowmobiles. More than 180,000 […]