Articles by Grist staff

Trickle-Down Oceanographics

Creatures that dwell on the deep ocean floor are suffering from a long-lasting and worsening food shortage, which may be due to increases in the temperature of the ocean’s surface, according to a study of the California coast conducted by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Last year, a separate Scripps study found a […]

Meanwhile, GM Proceeds with Plans for New 18-Wheel SUV

An effort to raise fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks may be gaining momentum in the Senate, where Sens. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Richard Bryan (D-Nev.) are considering offering a non-binding resolution in support of a new government look at the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. For five years in a […]

Specious Species Spanking Sponsored

Hoping to expedite logging in the Northwest, the Senate voted this morning to exempt the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management from conducting detailed species surveys of land before it can be logged. Sens. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho) sponsored the rider on the Interior Department appropriations bill, while Sen. Charles Robb […]

Paper Company Voluntarily Does Good Thing

The Westvaco papermaking company today will announce a five-year deal with the Nature Conservancy that will let the environmental group inspect all of the company’s 1.3 million acres of forestland and help designate areas where logging will be restricted. The two parties will agree jointly on a management plan for the land, including the amount […]