Articles by Grist staff

A Clean Sweep

Coastal cities in Southern California are latching on to a new, relatively cheap way to combat pollution running off their streets into the ocean — the little-heralded street sweeper. Street sweepers of 20 years ago did little more than collect litter and big dirt particles. Sweepers are now equipped to vacuum up pesticides, fertilizers, animal […]

Oh No! Cardoso

A collection of rural lawmakers in Brazil is pushing legislation that would double the amount of Amazon jungle that could be deforested. The government’s current forestry code requires landowners in the Amazon to preserve 80 percent of their land. The new bill, which still must pass both chambers of the country’s Congress, would change the […]

Lori Litman Ehrlich, HealthLink

Lori Litman Ehrlich is a mother, volunteer, and leader of HealthLink, a citizen group working to protect public health and promote cleaner energy sources. Monday, 24 Sep 2001 MARBLEHEAD, Mass. There is nothing quite like a memorial service to provide perspective and bolster environmental motivation. HealthLink, a local phenomenon here on the north shore of […]

Of Fuel Rods and Lightning Rods

Even before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, government inspectors had found security to be inadequate at the U.S.’s 103 nuclear plants. From 1991 to 2000, nearly half of the 68 plants tested showed “a potential vulnerability” to terrorists. Now, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reversed claims it made right […]