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Is That Your Final Answer?

The Bush administration surprised clean-air advocates and polluting industries alike on Friday when it announced that the U.S. EPA would reconsider parts of a decision to significantly relax air-pollution rules. […]

So Much for “Go West, Young Man”

The U.S. has long imported French cuisine, Italian fashion, and German cars; now, California wants to import Old World environmental regulations. The Golden State has historically been on the cutting […]

The Maine Dish

After years of legal wrangling, Maine is finally ending its opposition to the federal government’s decision to list the wild Atlantic salmon as endangered in several of the state’s rivers. […]

Logbook Rolling

Prior to commercial whaling, far more whales thrived in the North Atlantic than previously thought, according to a study published in today’s issue of Science. Earlier studies estimated historical whale […]

States of Grace

With federal action against climate change stagnating, some state leaders are taking matters into their own hands. Ten Northeastern states agreed yesterday to begin discussing the creation of the nation’s […]

A-lohas

Chances are you’ve never heard of “Lohas” — which is funny, because if you’re a regular reader of Grist, the odds are pretty decent that the word applies to you. […]

Malaise-ia

As many as two-fifths of Southeast Asia’s species — at least half of which are found nowhere else in the world — could go extinct over the course of this […]

Eerie Canal

A quarter-century after becoming the nation’s most infamous toxic dump, upstate New York’s Love Canal is gradually being repopulated. Used for years as a dumping grounds for Hooker Chemical (later […]

Crop Circles

A much-anticipated review by the British government of genetically modified (GM) crops has found that they are safe to consume but pose a serious threat to the environment. The 300-page […]

Contempt of Corps

A federal judge held the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in contempt of court yesterday for failing to lower water levels in the Missouri River to protect endangered species. Earlier […]