Articles by Grist staff

Everything But the Carbon Sink

A new study throws doubt on a 1998 analysis that determined the plants and soils of the U.S. and southern Canada were absorbing as much carbon dioxide as the two societies emitted. For the study, which was published in the July 23 issue of the journal Science, researchers from the Woods Hole Research Center in […]

Power Lyin'?

A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher falsified data that had been considered crucial evidence of a link between electromagnetic fields from power lines and cancer in humans, according to a federal investigation. Robert P. Liburdy agreed to have scientific journals that published his studies in 1992 retract some of his data, but he denies any […]

Corporate Welfare: As Sure as Death and Taxes

Big tax breaks for companies not known for their eco-friendliness have wormed their way into a tax bill that has passed the House and another tax bill that is under consideration in the Senate. Enviro and consumer groups are criticizing tax breaks for the timber industry, oil and gas companies, and nuclear power plants. A […]

Silly Babbitt

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has buckled to the demands of ranchers and other land users along the upper Missouri River and declared that he will not put new restrictions on the area. He had sought to freeze new mining claims and other land uses along a stretch of the river and a surrounding 90,000-acre area […]