Articles by Grist staff

Radio-inactive?

An agreement struck this week between the U.S. Department of Energy and Washington state will restore the original timeline and budget for the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Following technological delays under former President Clinton and proposed budget cuts by the Bush administration, the cleanup date was pushed back from between 2025 and 2035 […]

Wheels in the Sky Keep on Turning

Solar power might be popular in Salem, Ore., but wind is the world’s fastest growing energy source, powering 10 million homes around the globe, according to a report issued yesterday by European, American, and Indian wind energy associations. Last year, wind turbine installations increased by 45 percent, or some 6,500 megawatts. Europe, long the leader […]

Don’t Lose Hope

For marine life, Mt. Hope Bay might be the most inappropriately named place on Earth. In the 13-square-mile stretch of water straddling Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 15 fish species have all but disappeared over the last decade, leading some fishers to describe the area as a dead zone. Some scientists blame the deaths on Brayton […]

Parker De-poseyed

The head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resigned yesterday after being told he would otherwise be fired for remarks he made criticizing the Bush administration budget proposal. In congressional testimony, Mike Parker, Army assistant secretary for civil works, said the Bush budget for the Army Corps was about $2 billion under what he […]