Articles by Grist staff

Whooping Ukraine

Greenpeace leaked a report coming out of Austria yesterday that questions the safety of two nuclear plants meant to succeed reactors at Chernobyl in the Ukraine. The report to the Austrian government by Vienna University describes the Soviet-designed reactors, which are 80 percent completed, as “highly hazardous.” The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development […]

Let's Make a Deal

In the wake of the collapsed climate change talks last weekend in The Hague, Netherlands, the Clinton administration has proposed that top officials from the U.S. and the European Union meet later this month to reach a deal on how to account for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The meeting would include the EU’s lead […]

Bring Us Your Tired, Your Weary, Your Spent Nuclear Fuel

Russian officials dealt a blow to environmentalists yesterday by rejecting their petition for a national referendum that would have let citizens vote on whether to allow the import of spent nuclear fuel into the country. At least 2 million signatures were needed to force a referendum, and enviros turned in nearly 2.5 million, but the […]

Mississippi Mud

A tanker spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil into the lower Mississippi River on Tuesday evening, one of the largest oil spills in U.S. waters since the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons in Alaska in 1989. The spill near Port Sulphur, La., is about 70 miles inland from […]