Articles by Grist staff

The LNG and Short of It

States express outrage at LNG provision hidden in omnibus spending bill Deep in the 3,016-page, $388-billion omnibus spending bill recently approved by Congress, tucked away in a section on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses, is a provision stating that the feds — not individual states — get to decide where liquid natural gas […]

Hull to Pay

Delaware River oil spill elicits new criticism of single-hulled oil tankers Last weekend’s oil spill on the Delaware River — which U.S. Coast Guard officials now say may be considerably worse than previously estimated, involving up to 473,500 gallons of crude — is drawing attention to single-hulled oil tankers. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) calls them […]

Señor Ahab

Japan accused of buying pro-whaling votes Last year, Nicaragua became yet another unlikely nation to join the International Whaling Commission, just in time to attend the group’s annual meeting and support the lifting of an 18-year moratorium on commercial whale hunting — a policy change aggressively pushed by Japan, but not yet achieved. Japanese officials […]

Put Up Your Nukes

Judge may override Washington state voters on Hanford initiative An initiative on the Washington state ballot last month, which would prevent more waste from being dumped at the federal Hanford nuclear site in the state, will go before a federal judge today. Were there Diebold machines involved? A flurry of recounts? No. In fact, voters […]