Articles by Grist staff

Oh, What a Crummy Feeling!

Toyota USA faces one of the largest vehicle recalls ever, which could involve repairing or replacing emissions-control computers on 2.2 million vehicles sold between 1995 and 1997 at a cost of up to $550 million. Federal officials are seeking a court order today to force the recall, after Toyota rejected a proposed settlement last Thursday. […]

Brazil: Nuts! to Biopirates

Two Brazilian states recently passed laws requiring foreign researchers to sign contracts and pay “bioroyalties” on any income they gain from the use of local plants. A national version of the law, which would also require foreign researchers to have local partners, is close to passage in the Brazilian Congress. Brazil is one of a […]

Mexico Is a Leading Light

A $23 million project that introduced energy-efficient lightbulbs to two Mexican cities has become the first to be verified as actually reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. The pilot project took place under U.N. guidelines and Trygve Larsen of Det Norske Veritas, the Norway-based international verification foundation that certified the effort, said it can serve as a model […]

How's the Air Up There?

Canada could significantly influence U.S. policy by pushing the U.S. to clean up air pollution that blows across its northern border, American enviros said yesterday at a conference held by Ontario’s Medical Association. Fifty percent of Ontario’s air pollution originates in the U.S., said Jason Grumet of the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management. […]