Articles by Grist staff

Great, Scots!

Two private Scottish companies plan to install wave energy machines along Scotland’s west coast, one in the next few months and another by 2002. According to a report by the U.K. government, the cost of harnessing wave power has fallen dramatically in the last 17 years, making it almost commercially viable. The U.K. this year […]

NAFTA Shock

Pollution from manufacturing plants in Canada and the U.S. is on the downswing, according to an annual report released yesterday by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, set up to monitor the environmental effects of NAFTA. Industrial contaminants fell by 5 percent in Canada and 2 percent in the U.S. in 1996, compared to 1995, and […]

I Am the Walrus. Whom Do I Chew?

Climate change appears to be affecting the behavior of wildlife in the Arctic, say researchers who went on a Greenpeace expedition to the region last month. Brendan Kelly of the University of Alaska, head of the research team, noted that the walrus population in particular seems to be in decline. The researchers say the Arctic […]

Can't See the Forest for the Smoke

Indonesian Pres. B.J. Habibie yesterday ordered immediate action to stop forest fires burning in the areas of Sumatra and Kalimantan, which are causing a thick, choking haze throughout much of Southeast Asia. But Walhi, Indonesia’s leading environmental group, said the government is much too late in moving to tackle the fires, which are being set […]