Articles by Grist staff

Kathleen Whitley, Sustainable Energy Alliance of Long Island

Kathleen Whitley, a Long Island native, is program manager of the Sustainable Energy Alliance of Long Island. Sunday, 26 Aug 2001 LONG ISLAND, N.Y. It’s an interesting story how I came to be writing these diaries for Grist Magazine. Two months ago, I happened to be in Loudoun County, Va., with my oldest daughter’s softball […]

Zed, last of his species, in "First Twins in a Twist"

Let It Blow, Let It Blow, Let It Blow

Wind power is now cheaper than coal in the U.S., according to a study published in the journal Science. The study’s researchers, two Stanford engineers, priced wind power at 3 to 4 cents per kilowatt hour, already competitive with the market price for coal power. After factoring in health and environmental costs, they put the […]

Making Arsenics of Themselves

A new study released yesterday by an advisory panel to the U.S. EPA undercuts one of the Bush administration’s main reasons for revoking a tougher standard for arsenic levels in drinking water. When EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman rejected the standard, she said the Clinton administration hadn’t adequately considered costs when arriving at the standard. […]