Articles by Grist staff

Forest Grump

The U.S. Forest Service has been hearing cheers and jeers during its public sessions across the country this fall on the Clinton administration’s proposal to protect some 50 million acres of roadless lands on national forests from development. Yesterday was no exception, as more than 500 hikers, hunters, loggers, off-road-vehicle users, and others gathered in […]

Put an End to Our Sulfuring

Within a few weeks, the U.S. EPA will likely announce its plan to cut back the level of sulfur allowed in gasoline and to put all vehicles, from small cars to sport utility vehicles, under the same set of pollution limits. The plan, which would begin taking effect in 2004, is expected to remain close […]

Slammy Davis

Demonstrators yesterday said they held the largest rally ever in the U.S. against genetically modified (GM) foods, as they protested in Oakland outside the last of three Food and Drug Administration hearings on the foods. However, in a sign that scientists might begin to actively defend biotech, about 30 professors and graduate students from the […]

Zoning Out

The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico, which is rendered uninhabitable by marine life because of pollutants from the Mississippi River, was larger than ever this year, according to researchers at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. The zone topped out at 7,728 square miles in July — that is, about the size of New […]