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  • You Put Yer Superweed in There

    Herbicide-resistant superweed discovered in field of GM canola Opponents of genetically engineered crops have long warned that genetic modifications could “leak” into other plant species via interbreeding, possibly creating a new breed of hard-to-kill superweeds that would lead farmers to use more and more herbicides. Multinational biotech corporations have long said, ha ha, that’s crazy. […]

    Grist staff Food

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Lawsuits

    Lawsuit shield for MTBE makers dropped from energy bill One of the last remaining roadblocks to the passage of the energy bill has reportedly been removed: According to Senate Energy Committee Chair Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), a provision to shield manufacturers of groundwater-polluting fuel additive MTBE from lawsuits has been dropped from the bill. A similar […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • Readers talk back about lawns, eco-vandalism, labor/enviro alliances, and more

      Re: The Terror of Our Ways Dear Editor: Thank you for putting the difficult topic of eco-vandalism up front. Unfortunately, it was disappointing to read yet another article calling eco-vandalism “eco-terrorism.” The term could hardly be more inaccurate: vandalism damages objects; terrorism kills people. As a fast-growing and visible news outlet, Grist has the […]

    Grist staff Uncategorized

  • Weeding, Writing, ‘Rithmetic

    Locally grown foods catching on at college dining halls The local-and-seasonal food movement is going to college. About 200 schools around the country have joined programs that supply them with locally grown foods, like Brown University in Providence, R.I., where locally farmed Pippin and Macoun apples proved so much more popular than Granny Smiths and […]

    Grist staff Culture