Articles by Grist staff

Pesticide Company to Stop Smokin' Roaches

The U.S. EPA today is announcing a ban on the commonly used pesticide diazinon because of health threats to children. Marketed under such names as Spectracide and Real-Kill, diazinon is used in household ant and roach killers, as well as garden and lawn sprays. The EPA has reached a voluntary agreement with the pesticide’s chief […]

Another Watts Riot

Electricity demand is so high in California — the state is operating at 95 percent capacity — that state and utility officials are asking residents to save energy by turning on their Christmas lights a few hours later at night. Southern California Edison, for example, asked its customers to wait to turn on their sure-to-be-heartwarming […]

Albert Bates, Ecovillage Network of the Americas

Albert Bates is regional secretary for the Americas of the Global Ecovillage Network. He is also the principal founder of the Institute for Appropriate Technology in Tennessee, where he has taught sustainable design, natural building, agriculture, and technology. Monday, 4 Dec 2000 UNGUIA, Colombia The fruit hanging from the trees here, which looks like Idaho’s […]

Going Against the Grain

A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of farmers contends that the maker of the StarLink biotech corn variety was negligent in bringing the corn to market. StarLink was not approved for human consumption, but has been found to have made its way into the food stream, leading to a nationwide recall of millions of taco […]