Articles by Grist staff

A Billion Air

In a deal with Florida state regulators, Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) yesterday agreed to spend $1 billion over 10 years to reduce pollution spewing from its smokestacks. The two parties said the deal — which calls for three of six coal-fired generators to be scrapped and the others to be converted to natural gas — […]

Roadless Hogs

Nearly 70 environmental groups yesterday petitioned the National Park Service to ban all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, and snowmobiles in 23 parks where off-road vehicles (ORVs) are now allowed. The groups also asked for tougher enforcement in some 40 parks where bans are already in place. In a separate effort, the Wilderness Society and 90 other groups […]

Oh, What a Feeling

For the first time in years, the U.S. auto industry is beginning to pay attention to the price of gas. A 31 percent jump in gas prices this year, to an average $1.35 a gallon in November (still near historic lows in price, once inflation is taken into account), means buyers may place more emphasis […]

Truck Stopped

A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked the Energy Department from trucking plutonium fuel across Michigan to Canadian nuclear reactors, ruling that the DOE needs to conduct a more comprehensive environmental impact statement before transporting the fuel on public roads from Los Alamos, N.M., 1,700 miles away. The feds are aiming to process the nuclear fuel […]