Articles by Grist staff

Snake in the Bush

Not winning any environmental plaudits, GOP presidential hopeful George W. Bush yesterday announced his opposition to breaching four dams on the Snake River to help save endangered salmon runs. As he kicked off a campaign swing through the Northwest, Bush said, “I think it’s very important for us to protect the fish, but I think […]

Renewable Powers — Yeah, Baby!

The British government has been slow to make the major policy changes necessary to meet its stated goals of increasing renewable energy generation and combating global warming, a Parliamentary select committee said yesterday. The committee made a number of proposals to help move the country toward its target of producing 10 percent of its electricity […]

The Roadless Ahead

Vice Pres. Al Gore’s email box has been bombarded in the last two months with 170,000 messages from constituents asking him to “permanently protect all roadless areas in the national forest larger than 1,000 acres.” The emails were spurred by the Heritage Forests Campaign, which paid the free email provider Juno Online Services to send […]

Y2 OK?

One third of U.S. nuclear power plants still have work to do on their non-safety computer systems if they are to be ready for Y2K, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday. But computers controlling safety systems at all 103 nuclear plants are free of problems that could cause radiation leaks, the NRC claims. However, Rep. […]