Articles by Grist staff

Hey You, Take That Back

European automakers are up in arms over a bill that would require them to take back and recycle old cars. A draft of the bill was expected to be approved next week by environment ministers from the 15 EU countries, but lobbying by automakers may hold up the process. The measure would force car manufacturers […]

Tick-ing Time Bomb

Global warming could cause a big increase in insect-borne diseases in Europe, according to a new World Health Organization report published in the British Medical Journal. As temperatures rise and precipitation and humidity increase, disease-carrying pests such as ticks, mosquitoes, and rats could expand their ranges and bring malaria, lyme disease, and other illnesses.

We Don't Give a Jack about These Magic Beans

Scientists, consumer groups, and activists yesterday presented Congress and the Food and Drug Administration with a 500,000-signature petition calling for genetically modified foods to be labeled. The demonstration suggested that distrust of genetically altered foods is growing in the U.S.; it is already rampant in Europe. Scientists and protestors pointed out that little research has […]

Monumental Veto

Pres. Clinton would likely veto a bill moving through Congress that would require public input before the president can declare federal land a national monument. Some Republicans are angry that Clinton in 1996 created the 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, and they want to restrict the ability of the president to make […]