Articles by Grist staff

Dick Nukem

Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday that the Bush administration may recommend that the U.S. expand its use of nuclear power because nuclear power plants don’t emit many greenhouse gases. “If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants,” Cheney said on MSNBC’s “Hardball” program. […]

He May Not Be Capable of High-level Dialogue

In a letter to President Bush today, European Union leaders write that progress on the Kyoto treaty on climate change is crucial to strong U.S.-European relations and that the president must find the “political courage” to move forward with treaty negotiations. The letter, signed by Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, whose country holds the E.U. […]

Getting Their Just Deserts

A U.S. federal judge approved an agreement on Tuesday between environmentalists and the federal government to expand protections for wildlife on more than 11 million acres of the California Desert Conservation Area. The agreement, which brings an end to a lawsuit filed by three environmental groups, requires the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to close […]

No Nukeskys!

Enviros claimed a victory yesterday as the Russian parliament postponed a vote on allowing imports of spent nuclear fuel into the country for reprocessing. Backers of the measure, including the Russian government and U.S. business interests, say the country would gain a huge revenue source, some $20 billion over the next decade, if it opened […]