Articles by Grist staff

Give a Hoot — File a Suit

Enviros yesterday filed suit against the feds in an effort to protect the Mexican spotted owl in Arizona and New Mexico. The owl population has dropped 10 percent a year between 1991 and 1997, according to a Humboldt State University study. The suit, filed by the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, aims to force the […]

Tourism, the Snake Charmer

Breaching four dams on the lower Snake River to protect salmon would likely more than double revenue from recreation and tourism along a 140-mile stretch of the river in Idaho and Washington, according to a draft report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The findings could add momentum to arguments in favor of breaching […]

No Silver Lining for These Muchachos

A Mexican company announced yesterday that it would undertake the largest environmental cleanup in the nation’s history in Torreon, 500 miles north of Mexico City. But many say it’s too little, too late. Pollution from the world’s largest silver refinery in the town has caused severe lead poisoning in thousands of children, and despite studies […]

UK + Y2K = YUCK

The UK may face widespread pollution problems at the turn of the millennium because its industries are failing to adequately address the Y2K computer bug. More than half of 400 companies surveyed by the nation’s Environment Agency have not overcome potential millennium bug issues. Computers play a key role in controlling most industrial processes, including […]