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  • DOE applies to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain

    The U.S. Department of Energy has filed a formal application to construct a nuclear-waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. The application, which runs tens of thousands of pages, attempts to prove that 77,000 tons of nuclear waste could be stored at Yucca Mountain without harming public health, safety, and the environment for up to a […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • GM considers selling Hummer brand

    General Motors is “undertaking a strategic review” of its iconic Hummer brand, CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday, and is “considering all options … from a complete revamp of the product lineup to partial or complete sale of the brand.” As tempting as the sale of a widely vilified symbol of gas-guzzling excess sounds, analysts are […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Discovery’s new green network launches tomorrow

    Do not adjust your television set. What you are seeing — the rebranding of Discovery Home Channel as Planet Green — is perfectly normal. Actually, it’s better than normal; it’s making “green” normal. Beginning at 6 p.m. EDT tomorrow, some 50 million homes will be introduced to 250 hours of original green lifestyle programming as […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • NASA internal investigation finds press-office climate distortion

    An investigation by NASA’s inspector general has found that the agency’s press office repeatedly distorted climate-change research findings and limited its scientists’ access to the media between 2004 and 2006. NASA scientist James Hansen first spoke out about the press-office distortion to major news outlets two years ago, leading the agency to eventually alter its […]

    Grist staff Politics