Articles by Grist staff

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, […]

The Fall of the Collossus of Roads

Some 62 percent of Americans surveyed favor a proposal to protect all roadless areas of at least 1,000 acres in national forests, according to a poll released earlier this week by the Heritage Forests Campaign, National Audubon Society, and Wilderness Society. More than 70 percent favored a ban on oil drilling, logging, and mining in […]

Down the Hatch

Pres. Clinton nominated Ted Stewart, a conservative Utah Republican strongly disliked by enviros, to a federal judgeship yesterday, caving in to the wishes of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Hatch has been stalling the confirmation process for a number of Clinton’s judicial nominees, and the administration hopes that the nomination of Hatch’s chosen […]