Articles by Grist staff

Big energy begs for climate rules, bottom-trawling ban fails, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another Nothing New Under the Sea For Every Action, There’s a Reactor You Give Hubris a Glad Name OSHA, No He Didn’t One Good Deed Reserves Another Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Live and […]

For Every Action, There’s a Reactor

Russian spy death linked to nuclear black market, and other glowings-on Oh, nuclear — will it ever cease to amaze? As authorities probe the radiation-poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, they’ve suggested a link to Russia’s robust radioactive-materials black market. The market’s deals, said an International Atomic Energy Agency rep, “are of little […]

Nothing New Under the Sea

After days of negotiations, U.N. fails to pass high-seas bottom-trawling ban In a roughy outcome for conservationists, the U.N. failed to adopt a high-seas bottom-trawling ban supported by countries including the U.S. and Australia. The controversial fishing method, currently used by 11 countries including ban-busters Iceland and Russia, involves dragging vast nets and coral-crunching rollers […]

Pratt’s Creatures

Community organizer Sam Pratt, featured in a new PBS documentary, InterActivates Sam Pratt spent six years fighting the polluting plans of the largest cement company in the world. His story, and that of fellow citizens of Hudson, N.Y., is featured in the soon-to-air PBS documentary Two Square Miles. As InterActivist this week, Pratt speaks out […]