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  • GOP has set its sights on revamping the Endangered Species Act

    The newly empowered Republican majority on Capitol Hill will grease the skids for plenty of legislation that’s sure to gall environmentalists and delight developers, but the most galling and delighting of all could be sweeping changes to the 30-year-old Endangered Species Act. A Florida panther wonders whether ESA is really past its prime. Photo: U.S. […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • The Barbarian Invasions

    Despite vocal opposition, SUVs invade Europe European politicians spare no rhetorical flourish in demonstrating their contempt for SUVs and their owners. “I don’t want to be like Freud, but SUVs are a projection, a compensating thing,” said Rome’s transportation commissioner, Mario Di Carlo. Paris Deputy Mayor Denis Baupin called the SUV “a caricature of a […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • The Rat Pack

    EPA laxity leaves kids at risk from rat poison, enviros charge The U.S. EPA seems more concerned with protecting rat-poison manufacturers than protecting kids, two enviro groups are charging. Last week, the Natural Resources Defense Council and West Harlem Environmental Action filed suit against the EPA, criticizing the agency for harming children by revoking safety […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Shark Tale

    U.S. proposes international rules to curb shark killing Those Americans who despair in thinking their country a laggard on so many international environmental issues can take heart — at least the U.S. is firmly against shark finning. Yesterday, at a conservation meeting being hosted in New Orleans, the U.S. government proposed sweeping international measures to […]

    Grist staff Politics