Articles by Grist staff

Gm-oh!

Blair Backing Off Plans to Introduce GM Crops in UK British Prime Minister Tony Blair is dramatically scaling back his plans to open UK farms up to widespread planting of genetically modified crops. The Blair government had been expected next month to announce blanket approval for GM plantings, but faced with unwavering public opposition to […]

Summer Hummer Bummer

Hummers Destroyed by ELF in Southern California Dozens of Hummer H2s and other large SUVs were burned and defaced on Friday, the result of arson and vandalism at four car dealerships in Southern California. The Earth Liberation Front, a loosely knit association of militant activists, claimed responsibility for the actions, saying they were intended to […]

Tanks for Nothing

Court Rejects $4 Billion Damage Award for Exxon Valdez Spill A federal appeals court has once again rejected a multibillion-dollar punitive damage award against the company responsible for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil-tanker spill in Alaska. Now thousands of Alaskan fishers, Natives, and others whose lives and livelihoods were disrupted by the disaster will have […]

Sittin’ by the Schlock of the Bay

Troubled Chesapeake Bay Needs New Protections, Says Enviro Group A long-running voluntary effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay has been a big flop — that’s the basic assessment announced yesterday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, a nonprofit conservation group. “All the scientific data suggests that the bay is not improving,” said foundation President William […]