Articles by Grist staff

For He's a Jolly Good Felon

Federal prosecutors are now charging about three times as many people for environmental crimes as they were 10 years ago, and the EPA is sending about four times as many criminal referrals to the Justice Department. And an increasing number of polluters are being punished with jail terms instead of just fines. Last summer, the […]

Wheeler Dealer

Just in time for Earth Day, Al Gore is trying to burnish his green image. Today he travels to Detroit on behalf of the administration to announce a new deal under which heavy-duty engine and truck companies will produce more fuel-efficient buses, trucks, and 18-wheelers. Monday he announced new proposed drinking water rules. Tomorrow, Gore […]

Adding Injury to Insult

Two environmental protestors have been injured this week while trying to interfere with the gray whale hunt that the Makah native tribe in Washington state started up a few days ago. Under a 1997 deal, the U.S. is allowing the Makahs to kill up to five gray whales a year. In a highly publicized and […]

Extra Credit

A World Bank emissions trading program that will finance clean energy projects in developing countries has generated more money and more government and corporate interest than expected, and the bank hopes to expand it. About $135 million has been pledged to the program by 15 corporations, including BP Amoco and six Japanese electric power companies, […]