Articles by Grist staff

New Spitz Review

Four Northeast States Sue Pennsylvania Power Company In the latest skirmish over the new-source review provisions of the Clean Air Act, four Northeastern states have announced their intention to sue a Pennsylvania power company over emissions they say are drifting across state lines to worsen smog and cause respiratory problems. The Bush administration announced in […]

Home Run

California Considers Innovative New Enviro Laws Speaking of states picking up balls the feds are dropping: A pair of intriguing new eco-friendly bills are on the table in California. The first, recently approved by the state Senate, would mandate that an as-yet-undetermined percentage of new single-family homes built in developments of 25 homes or more […]

404 Error: Failure to Recycle

Computer Manufacturers Get Low Grades on Recycling Computer makers’ environmental programs generally stink, though U.S. companies — particularly Dell and Hewlett-Packard — are better than most, says an annual report released yesterday by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, an enviro group based in San Jose, Calif. No company is recycling more than 2 percent of […]

Justice of the Greenpeace

Federal Case Against Greenpeace Thrown Out of Court The U.S. government’s unusual criminal suit against Greenpeace USA was rather unceremoniously booted from federal court yesterday by U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan. In a rare “directed verdict,” the judge found the group not guilty midway through the trial, after the prosecution had presented its case but […]