Articles by Grist staff

What a Tangled Web

Documents at the center of a Ford lawsuit about a website reveal that the automaker is developing technologies to improve the fuel economy of its trucks by as much as 15 percent and meet tougher proposed federal auto-emissions rules. Ford is suing a website operator who posted the detailed documents online, saying they were stolen. […]

Geek Bearing Gifts

Vice Pres. Al Gore will deliver good news to New England fishers today when he announces a $5 million federal disaster-relief program. The aid program will give the operators of 750 small fishing boats in the Gulf of Maine up to $1,500 for each day that fishing grounds were closed by regulators this past spring, […]

Unlisted Numbers

Nearly 90 percent of all violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act are not reported in the government database that is made available to citizens and that triggers legal action when there are problems, according to a new audit by the EPA. Violations range from missed water quality tests to contamination problems. Most of the […]

Activists Go Critical

More than 130 environmental, health, and anti-nuclear activists this week protested the composition of a new panel of scientists that will try to determine the cancer risks from low doses of radiation. In a letter to the National Academy of Scientists, under which the high-profile panel has been formed, the activists charged that the 20-member […]