Articles by Grist staff

Oldman River Doesn't Just Keep Rolling Along

NAFTA’s environmental watchdog, the Montreal-based Commission for Environmental Cooperation, has recommended that Canada be investigated to see whether the nation is adequately enforcing its environmental laws and protecting fish habitat. The recommendation stems from a 1996 complaint filed by the Alberta-based enviro group Friends of the Oldman River, which claimed that the Canadian government was […]

What's Next, a Swarm of Locusts?

Survivors of Turkey’s massive earthquake last week now face the prospect of acid rain caused by pollution from a large oil refinery fire, according to Turkey’s health minister. A five-day blaze at the nation’s largest oil refinery, caused by the quake, spewed flames and dense smoke into the air until it was finally extinguished on […]

Green and Pleasant Land?

The U.K. lags far behind many nations in the proportion of its land set aside for wildlife protection, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth U.K. Using World Conservation Union (IUCN) standards for protected nature areas, FoE compared the percentage of land set aside in the G8 industrialized nations and in certain […]

Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter

Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Monday, 23 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas I am happy to report that I had a […]