Articles by Grist staff

Air Bradley

Bill Bradley made a bid for the environmental vote last night during a speech to the League of Conservation Voters, seizing on a set of issues prized by Al Gore, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. Bradley said he wants to lead an administration that truly reduces air pollution rather than just talks about […]

Red Rain Is Coming Down

China is urging cities to shut down old coal-fired power plants, factories, and unlicensed coal mines to cut emissions of sulfur dioxide, which cause acid rain to fall on 40 percent of the country. New standards will require cities to develop pollution control programs before 2000 and some 80 percent of major industrial firms to […]

Micro-Softie

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen yesterday donated $3.4 million to protect 25,000 acres of the Loomis State Forest in northern Washington state. In July, enviros raised $13.1 million to buy the land, which is home to one of the last healthy lynx populations in the lower 48 states, and protect it from logging. But earlier this […]

Norm!!!

The feds are expected to purchase two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and begin planning how to demolish at least one of them, under an agreement reached between the Clinton administration and two Washington politicians, Rep. Norm Dicks (D) and Sen. Slade Gorton (R). Removal of the dams, […]