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  • Grid and Bear It

    Conservation, Alternative Energy Get Boost from Blackout In most of the U.S. and Canada, last Thursday’s history-making blackout is little more than a memory: The lights are on, the AC is cranking, transportation systems are running, and it’s business as usual. Still, some officials, including New York Gov. George Pataki (R) and Ontario Premier Ernie […]

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  • Food for Thought: At Yale Dining Hall, A New Food Ethic Emerges

    The word “cafeteria” does not exactly bring to mind healthful, organic, and delicious dining — but Yale University is setting out to change all that. The ivy league institution has teamed up with Alice Waters (the chef who changed the face of American cuisine through Chez Panisse, her California restaurant) to create the Sustainable Food […]

    Grist staff Food

  • Quantum Leak

    Prestige Disaster Likely Worse Than Exxon Valdez Spill, Report Says The leak from the oil tanker Prestige off the coast of Spain last year probably caused more environmental damage than the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, according to a new report by a private Spanish economic institute. Some 78,000 metric tons of fuel have been cleansed […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Readers opine on Greens, Kucinich, Schwarzenegger, and more

      Re: Howard’s Beginning Dear Editor: I salute Howard Dean for the strong statements he made on environmental issues in San Francisco, as reported in Daily Grist. However, I worry that his record in Vermont was only decent, and that in some cases he both favored corporate interests and put Vermont’s local environment ahead of […]

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