Articles by Grist staff

Water, Water Everywhere, and Lots of Drops Do Stink

One billion people do not have access to safe water and 2 billion lack proper sanitation, according to a new report by the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, a U.N.-sponsored panel. Without radical steps, the situation will only get worse as the planet’s population surges from 6 billion to 8 billion by […]

Yakkity Yak — Yaku Talks Back

The small Japanese town of Yaku passed a resolution yesterday banning the construction of nuclear waste storage facilities within its borders, the latest sign of a growing grassroots movement against nuclear power in Japan. A local power plant had been rumored to be interested in building a storage plant in the town. The town council […]

Lynx 'N' Logs

A dozen environmental groups sued the U.S. government yesterday for failing to meet a deadline to protect the Canada lynx under the Endangered Species Act. The enviros accused the feds of delaying a July 1998 proposal to list the big cat as threatened in the lower 48 states, and lamented the fact that the government […]

No Mobile Is Good Mobile

In a move praised by enviros, the National Park Service said on Monday that it is leaning toward banning snowmobiles from Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. The NPS has been considering a number of winter-use plans for Yellowstone, but the EPA recently told the agency that the only acceptable plan is the one that […]