Articles by Grist staff

Just My Type

Compaq recently filed a patent for a keyboard that uses the typing process itself to recharge laptop batteries. Employing magnets attached to the shaft of each key, the company has developed a way to convert the energy from typing into electrical energy to charge the batteries.

Not by the Hair of Our Chinny Chin Chin

The fate of reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho is on the line today as introductory arguments are heard today in a case before the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Two years ago, a federal judge in Wyoming ruled that the Interior Department’s reintroduction program violated the Endangered Species Act, and […]

Kodak Roams

Eastman Kodak has closed a film plant that employed more than 500 workers in China, claiming that new environmental policies in the country have made it unprofitable to keep the plant running. Kodak has made several environmental improvements to the facility since acquiring it in March 1998, including a new water-recycling system and an updated […]

Clean Utilities Clean Up

The cleanest big U.S. utilities are also the best investments, according to a study by New York-based investment advisory firm Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Pacific Gas & Electric on the West Coast, whose mix of fuels includes geothermal, hydro, and natural gas, as well as some coal, and Niagara Mohawk Power on the East Coast, […]