Articles by Grist staff

Wind-ing Up for the Pitch

The world’s most efficient wind turbine went to work today in Norfolk, Britain. The 220-foot turbine is thought to be the tallest in Europe and is 50 percent more powerful than the next largest turbine in the U.K. It will supply energy to the national grid, generating enough power for about half the local population […]

I'll Drink to That

The Clinton administration is proposing a new regulation that would require states to write individual clean-up plans for every body of water that is too dirty for fishing and swimming, currently about 20,000 rivers, bays, and lakes, or 40 percent of water bodies in the U.S. The proposed regulation from the EPA, which would enforce […]

Spotting Leopards

Scientists are using unattended cameras to record evidence of rich wildlife diversity in the Cambodian jungle, which until recently had been off-limits to scientists during three decades of civil war. This effort — the first of 10 planned by the Cambodian Wildlife Protection Office working with the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society — […]

Of Homer and the Trojans

The owners of the defunct Trojan nuclear power plant in Oregon, which many locals believe was the inspiration for the accident-prone nuclear plant on “The Simpsons,” want to make the area into a state park. Portland General Electric is offering the land for free, hoping to show that a decommissioned nuclear plant can be safe. […]