Articles by Grist staff

Mighty Morphin’ Coal-power Rangers

NAFTA Commission Critical of Coal-Fired Power Plants Overall pollution in North America declined by 10 percent from 1998 to 2001 (the last year for which figures are available), but coal-fired power plants continue to lag behind other sources in the pace of improvement and in reducing the total amount of pollution, according to a new […]

Coal Hand Luke

EPA Proposal Altered to Favor Coal-Fired Power Plants On the heels of today’s report that 46 of the top 50 polluters in North America are coal-fired power plants comes this tidbit: A U.S. EPA proposal to curb interstate air pollution was altered by the White House at the last minute in a way that heavily […]

Phunny Pharm

Pharming Again on the Rise The practice of splicing human genes into common crops to produce proteins for use in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals — known as biopharming, or pharming — is again on the rise among biotech companies, says a new report, under the cover of an approval process that is shrouded in secrecy. […]

Kids These Daze

Kids’ Brains Harmed by Chemicals, Report Says Children’s brain development is being impaired by some of the more than 70,000 human-made chemicals on the market, says a new report from the World Wildlife Fund. The report, which surveyed current research in the field, charges chemicals with such neurological effects as poor memory, reduced visual recognition […]