Articles by Grist staff

Spencer for Hire

From 1995 to 2000, the auto industry gave more than twice as much in campaign contributions to senators who voted against possible new fuel efficiency standards as it gave to senators who voted for them, according to a new report by the group Public Campaign. Since 1997, auto manufacturers, dealers, and unions have donated nearly […]

Rudolph, the Brown-Nosed Rainmaker?

Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday called on her opponent in the New York Senate race, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R), to return a $100,000 soft-money donation from a company she called the “number-one polluter in America.” The money was donated by the Renco Group, which owns a Utah company that federal officials have identified […]

Marquis de Slade

The Clinton administration continues to give signs that it will postpone until after the presidential election a recommendation on whether to breach four dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state. Washington Sen. Slade Gorton (R) this week renewed his promise to block any proposal to breach the dams, saying there’s not enough scientific […]

Hazing Ritual

A number of state environmental officials who have chafed under tough federal air quality regulations plan to meet in Michigan next week with executives of polluting industries to discuss how environmental standards might be loosened if George W. Bush wins the presidency. The gathering is being organized by Michigan’s top environmental official, Russ Harding, who […]