Articles by Grist staff

Let's Beat Frank About This

Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday denied rumors that he was trying to attach a rider to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge onto a fast-moving national defense bill. Speaking on the Senate floor, Murkowski said, "That is certainly not the case. It would be inappropriate and in poor taste." Only hours later, however, […]

Celling Like Hotcakes

Canadian company Ballard Power Systems announced yesterday that it had signed a three-year, $22 million deal to provide Ford with fuel cells for a line of vehicles the automaker hopes to launch by 2004. Ballard is providing fuel-cell technology to DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Nissan, and Volkswagen, among others. General Motors expects to have a fuel cell-powered […]

Hip, Hip, EPA!

In its largest enforcement action ever in a pesticides case, the U.S. EPA is seeking $3.7 million in penalties from a Memphis, Tenn.-based pesticide manufacturer for using chemicals from unapproved foreign manufacturers. The agency says that the Micro Flo Company imported thousands of drums of insecticide ingredients from 1996 to 1999 under the pretense that […]

They Have Found What They're Looking for

Following a negative environmental report from the California Energy Commission, a major energy firm has ended its plans to build a big power plant seven miles from Joshua Tree National Park. Environmentalists had feared that a new state law to speed power-plant approval, which was created in the wake of California’s energy "crisis" this spring, […]