Articles by Grist staff

Fly Wolf

Two more packs of Mexican gray wolves were released into eastern Arizona last week, bringing the number of wolves in the area’s reintroduction program to at least 19. One pack, taken from central New Mexico, was driven into Arizona, flown by helicopter into the Arizona forest, then packed into the backcountry on mules. The reintroduction […]

Killer Waves, Dude!

An Israeli company made a deal yesterday to sell an innovative new system that can generate electricity from the motion of ocean waves. An Indian company agreed to pay $4 million to S.D.E. Energy & Desalination Ltd. for a wave-generated power plant. The company claims to have developed a relatively cheap and eco-friendly way to […]

Numb and Dumber

Sixty-nine percent of voters think Vice Pres. Al Gore would do a good job of handling the environment as president, according to a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Fifty-seven percent reject the notion that Gore’s views on the environment are too extreme. Unfortunately for Gore, though, 64 percent say he “doesn’t inspire” them (read: he’s boring). […]

Court: Burn, Baby, Burn

A federal appeals court ordered the EPA yesterday to put on hold a regulation that would require 22 states to reduce their production of smog-causing gases that drift into other states. The three-judge panel issuing the decision did not question the merit of the regulation, but delayed its implementation pending a lawsuit filed by a […]