Articles by Grist staff

Double, Double, Oil and Trouble

Violence and acts of sabotage against the oil industry are escalating in Nigeria, where poor citizens are protesting environmental destruction caused by oil companies and demanding a fair share of the vast riches being sucked out of the ground. Community activists, fed up with the air and water pollution that harms fishing and farming, stage […]

Ragging on Maple Leafs

Canada’s biggest polluters are spewing more greenhouse gases than ever, despite promises that they would clean up their act. The country’s 15 most prolific producers of greenhouse gases emitted 7 percent more in 1997 than in 1990, according to a study by the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. “The data as a whole shows that […]

Thinke Minke

Giant pandas, Sumatran rhinoceroses, tigers, and Tibetan antelopes made the World Wildlife Fund’s list of the 10 most-wanted species this year, animals that are endangered because of the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Despite international efforts to combat trade in endangered species, WWF says business is booming, with some $2 billion to $3 billion in sales […]

Ten-Year Track

Western Republicans are backing a bill that would set a 10-year deadline for Congress to act on wilderness designation proposals, a move that Democrats and enviros say could lead to the degradation of millions of acres of pristine federal land. Presently, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management can treat areas as if […]