Articles by Grist staff

Pellets Palliate Pullet Pollution

Purdue Farms, the largest operator in the poultry belt in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, says it has an innovative new plan for dealing with the chicken manure that is blamed for seriously polluting the Chesapeake Bay and underground well water. Under the plan, praised by environmentalists, the company will build […]

Owl in a Day's Work

Arizona has put the brakes on 53 planned state highway projects — nearly a billion dollars worth — because of a court order to protect the habitat of the endangered pygmy owl. The move by the state Department of Transportation followed an Oct. 8 court ruling that sided with enviros and prohibited the U.S. Army […]

Don't Follow This Leader

While governments in Europe and Japan are considering far-reaching proposals to comply with the Kyoto climate change treaty, including raising taxes and promoting emissions-trading systems, strong treaty opposition in the U.S. could kill the agreement. Many observers say that even if the U.S. does ratify the treaty, the nation won’t be ready to begin making […]

John Hoskinson, Surfrider Foundation

John Hoskinson is the communications director for the Surfrider Foundation. Monday, 18 Oct 1999 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. Dear Diary: Today I got a pimple … YUCK! And Jenny Pitrizoni pulled my hair and said that I was ugly … Oh, wait … wrong diary. I’ll start again. I thought I’d start my week of entries […]