Articles by Grist staff

Enforcement Like a Bump on a Log

California’s logging rules and enforcement are too weak, allowing excessive tree cutting that leads to mudslides, damaged water supplies, and endangered fish and wildlife, according to a study released yesterday by a U.S. Forest Service geologist. Meanwhile, as part of a 50-year habitat conservation plan, Seattle Mayor Paul Schell (D) yesterday proposed that logging be […]

FAO Swats Pesticides

More than 100,000 stocks of obsolete pesticides in Africa, the Middle East, Poland, and the Ukraine pose serious threats to human health and the environment, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO said funding is needed to remove the poisons. In many developing nations, metal drums filled with pesticides are corroding and […]

Canadian Commissioner's Poison Pen

The Canadian government is failing to protect its citizens from toxic chemicals and pesticides, according to a damning report released yesterday by Brian Emmett, the nation’s commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. He criticized the government for relying on an ineffective system of voluntary programs to measure and reduce toxics, and for failing to […]

Bye Bye Birdies

More than 25 years after DDT was banned, newer, more powerful pesticides continue to kill birds and fish, threatening the survival of a number of species, according to a study released yesterday by California enviros. The study calls on California and the feds to ban three pesticides — diazinon, a popular household garden pesticide, and […]