Articles by Grist staff

Hanford and Sums

Feds, Washington State Reach Agreement on Hanford Cleanup After years of bitter wrangling, the federal government and Washington state on Friday reached an agreement on a timeline for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southern Washington. Under the deal, the U.S. Energy Department will treat the equivalent of […]

Under African Sighs

Zimbabwe’s Wildlife Suffer Under Political Turmoil Zimbabwe’s corrupt and troubled government is not only making life miserable for many of the country’s people but also for its once famous populations of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other wild animals. By some estimates, up to two-thirds of animals on Zimbabwe’s game farms and wildlife preserves have been killed, […]

On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever

California Gets a New Plan for Clean(er) Air Southern California should get cleaner air under new regulations approved yesterday by the state Air Resources Board — although not as clean as required by federal law. The region’s air quality has been improving steadily since the 1970s, but recent years have seen a resurgence in ozone, […]

Chemical Reaction

E.U. Waters Down Chemical Safety Testing Plan In a blow to advocates of environmental and human health, the European Union dramatically narrowed the scope of its plan to require safety testing for tens of thousands of chemicals. The move was motivated primarily by financial concerns, and the narrower plan is expected to save billions of […]