Articles by Grist staff

Slowing Down Quick Sand

Nigerian Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo has started to tackle the nation’s severe environmental problems. Last week, he launched a campaign to plant 4,000 hectares of trees by the end of next year, an effort to fight deforestation and the advancing Sahara Desert. Ninety-six percent of the nation’s pristine forests have been cut down in the last […]

Gone Fishin'

Strict fishing limits along New England’s coast, imposed since 1994, have contributed to rebounds in a dozen species, according to a report released this week. But tight fishing restrictions are likely to remain in place for a few years because some fish, including Gulf of Maine cod, are still at record low levels. The New […]

Re-energizing the Economy

The U.S. economy could get a real boost if the nation makes a serious effort to cut carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new study by the Tellus Institute and World Wildlife Fund. By 2010, some 870,000 jobs could be created and $43 billion a year could be saved as a result of cutting energy use […]

Much Better Business Bureau

A coalition of businesses is fighting a federal plan that could triple logging levels across a large swath of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. In a letter to U.S. Forest Service officials being made public today, 52 business leaders in the region ask the agency to reject a plan for dramatically increased logging, saying it would […]