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Christopher Swain, Columbia River swimmer

Christopher Swain, the founder of Advocacy Swimming International, is swimming the Columbia River from source to mouth. When he is not swimming, he lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife […]

Short Changed

Bolstering environmentalists’ accusations of favoritism in Florida, the Bush administration rejected on Friday a request by California Gov. Gray Davis (D) that it buy back offshore drilling rights. On May […]

All We Have Is Dust in the Wind

A Shot in the Dark

For the obsessive ornithologists among our readers, some tragicomic news: Once-buoyant hopes for the survival of the ivory-billed woodpecker have faded after sounds thought to be the bird’s distinctive double-rap […]

You’ve Got to Hand It to Us

Ah, Friday: You’re nearly done with your work, the weekend is looming, and there’s just one thing left on your list of things to do — helping to keep your […]

A Quest Called Tribe

U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman acknowledged this week that it was “all too apparent that EPA needs to do more” to help tackle environmental problems on tribal lands. Whitman’s announcement […]

Dentist the Menace

Here’s one more reason to dread your dentist: Many dental offices flush old fillings down the drain, washing the mercury inside them into the nation’s waterways. That makes dentists the […]

Give Us a Hand

Pop Quiz For Daily Grist Readers: What’s important about today? That’s right — it’s the second-to-last day of the first-ever Grist fundraising drive. So far, it’s been a resounding success, […]

Iguana Be Alone!

Eighteen months ago, a grounded tanker spilled 150,000 gallons of diesel and bunker fuel into the waters around the famed Galapagos Islands. Luckily, shifting winds sent most of the fuel […]

Thumbs Down Under

Elsewhere in depressing but predictable climate change news, Australia rejected the Kyoto Protocol today, saying it would not ratify unless the U.S. did so as well, and unless developing nations […]