Articles by Grist staff

I Want My TVA

On Earth Day, April 22, the Tennessee Valley Authority will launch a “Green Power Switch” program, the biggest clean energy project in the Southeast. By the end of the year, TVA plans to erect three wind turbines on a reclaimed strip mine, put solar panels at schools and other public sites, and construct a landfill […]

Isn't it Good, Certified Wood

Consumer demand in Washington state for eco-friendly lumber is surpassing supply, even as a growing number of wood products firms turn to harvesting and selling timber from sustainably managed forests. The state Department of Natural Resources just announced that it would like to have as much as 1.1 million acres of state forestland certified as […]

Olive This Idea

Spain’s biggest power company, Endesa, is building two plants to generate electricity from olive residues, the leftovers from olive oil production. The plants, due to be completed in late 2001, will produce enough electricity to meet the household needs of 100,000 people, and Endesa may build dozens more. Other planned biomass projects in Spain include […]

All We Hate Is Dust in the Wind

The Department of Energy is abandoning its plan to build the first U.S. nuclear-waste incinerator in southern Idaho, a change of course applauded by environmental and community groups that had raised a lot of money and waged a high-profile battle against the facility. The DOE announced its decision yesterday as part of an agreement to […]