Articles by Grist staff

Doe in the Headlights

Though billions of dollars have been spent on the cleanup of U.S. nuclear weapons sites, the Department of Energy is coming up short in the task because its bureaucracy is not taking advantage of recent technological advances, a committee of the National Research Council said yesterday. Over the past several years, DOE has spent between […]

Insects Is Best

The world might become a buggier place thanks to global warming, presenting farmers with new worries, according to a study published today in Science magazine. Paleobiologists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History studied fossil evidence of insect damage on plants in prehistoric Wyoming and found that insect population and appetite surged as temperatures […]

Bank Robbery?

The World Bank overruled U.S. objections yesterday when it approved a loan to China that includes $40 million for resettling 58,000 poor Chinese farmers onto fertile lands historically inhabited by Tibetans. But in an effort to smooth over high tensions, the Bank agreed to delay payment of the $40 million until an independent review board […]

Read My Lips: Yes, No, Maybe

EPA Administrator Carol Browner has decided not to vie for an open Senate seat in her native Florida. Maybe. See what you make of this statement by EPA spokesperson Kim Rubey: “At this point, it’s not something she’s actively looking at. She believes she could win, but there are too many obligations she must meet […]