Articles by Grist staff

Grilling Me Softly

As spring comes to the Northern Hemisphere, people all over are hauling out the yard furniture and shlepping barbeques out of basements. Everyone loves a cookout — but in Houston, Tex., the massive popularity of barbequing is contributing to the city’s notorious air pollution. Scientists at Rice University have found that tiny particles of polyunsaturated […]

Kentucky Green Gas

Kentucky is soon to get its first-ever methane power plants, which will rely on gases given off by landfills to generate electricity. The plan represents a landmark energy development for the famously coal-dependent state. The three plants will cost $4 million each and generate a total of 10 megawatts of power from the gases given […]

War and Peas

War abroad could hit home in the nation’s chemical factories and food-processing plants, the General Accounting Office warned yesterday. The GAO said the lack of federal authority over such facilities makes it impossible to know whether they are sufficiently prepared for potential terrorist attacks. The office recommended that the U.S. EPA and the Department of […]

Come Down From There Right Now!

Two of 18 environmental activists who have been sitting in redwoods in California’s Humboldt County for almost a year were forcibly removed yesterday by Pacific Lumber Company, raising the longstanding conflict between the two groups to a new level. After the Humboldt County Superior Court issued the tree sitters a temporary restraining order last week, […]