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G-ratify-ing News

It’s official: All 15 nations of the European Union have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, solidifying their commitment to combat climate change and highlighting the difference between European and U.S. environmental […]

Environmental Procrastination Agency?

Health and environmental organizations in eight Southeastern states announced yesterday that they would sue the U.S. EPA for “dragging its feet” in implementing a strict air-quality standard established five years […]

Time to Get ExxonMobilized

ExxonMobil, long a target of progressive activists for its appalling environmental and human rights record, is now catching flak from more mainstream critics as well. In an unusual move, shareholder […]

Dead Bird Flying

Upon hearing reports of his own demise, Mark Twain famously retorted that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. The same could be said of the golden-crowned manakin, a […]

Dreading Water

Industrial pollution in U.S. and Canadian lakes, rivers, and streams rose 26 percent from 1995 to 1999, according to a report released yesterday by the North American Commission for Environmental […]

Is This the Place?

Tooele County, Utah, is already the hazardous heartland of the United States — the place where the Army tests anthrax and other chemical, nerve, and biological agents, and incinerates half […]

Marsh-a-Marsh-a-Marsh-a

An agricultural company has agreed to sell 16,500 acres of salt ponds around the San Francisco Bay, paving the way for what could be the nation’s biggest wetlands restoration project […]

He’s Madsen and He’s Not Going to Take It Anymore

In yesterday’s edition of the Daily Grist, we reported on the problem of international environmental crime. Today we’re reporting on a guy who thinks he’s got the solution. Frank Madsen, […]

Violent objections

Re: The Violence of the Lambs Dear Editor: The item about the first organization dedicated to combating eco-terrorism was rather disturbing by virtue of the manner in which it mocked […]

Thomas Brendler, National Network of Forest Practitioners

Thomas Brendler coordinates the National Network of Forest Practitioners, a grassroots alliance of ruralpeople advocating for environmental protection and social justice in the woods. He is a fellow of the […]