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  • Grace to the Bottom

    W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides W.R. Grace & Co. must pay $54.5 million to remove asbestos-contaminated soil from the mining town of Libby, Mont., the Supreme Court decided yesterday. The U.S. EPA sued the company five years ago to recover cleanup costs; a lower court ruled […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Du Diligence

    DuPont unveils new sustainability program and predicts big profits Chemical giant DuPont announced a major sustainability program yesterday that it expects will put an extra $6 billion in its coffers by 2015. “We see sustainable growth as the biggest market opportunity on the horizon for the next two or three decades,” said CEO Charles Holliday […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Senators threaten to impose industrial-strength rules on small vegetable farms

    Salad greens thrive in the fall; they love brisk, cool nights and mild, sunny afternoons. Meet your greens. Photo: iStockphoto Here in western North Carolina, members of my farm’s CSA (community-supported agriculture) program are enjoying salad mixes that include spicy arugula, mizuna, and purple Osaka leaves, along with bitter endive, earthy shinginku — and yes, […]

    Grist staff Food

  • Bill Moyers, Bill McKibben, and others on evangelical environmentalism

    Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Forgive and Let Live Talk About the Wither To Catch a Leaf An Embarrassment of Richard Well’s Hells That’s All Wells and Good Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Faith, Hope, and Clarity Heat and Serve Tricks of the Fair Trade […]

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