Articles by Grist staff

Wounds in Our Salt

Forget underground storage for high-level nuclear wastes, says John Leivia, director of Strategic Environmental Technologies. Last week, his company proposed plans to inject thousands of canisters of plutonium into salt formations beneath the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement was a big surprise to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy, which plan […]

You Dropped a Bomb on Me, Navy

Opposition to Navy bombing exercises on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico is growing stronger as researchers on the island have found toxic levels of heavy metals in crabs, edible plants, and human hair. The Navy has been testing bombs and artillery shells on Vieques for the last six decades, and many islanders believe […]

A Leap and Boundaries

Interior Secretary Gale Norton said yesterday that the Bush administration would not try to change the status of federal lands set aside as national monuments by former President Bill Clinton. She added, however, that the boundaries of the new monuments might be adjusted and the administration might alter the rules governing commercial development within the […]

Chevy Suburban, Meet the Chrysler Suburb

DaimlerChrysler plans to start selling a four-wheel-drive vehicle that will make the largest family vehicles now on the road seem tiny — nay, minute — in comparison. The vehicle, dubbed the Unimog, will be 20 feet long and 9 feet 7 inches tall; the front seat is reached by a three-step ladder. It is almost […]