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  • AEP settlement exempts company from enforcement for 10 years

    Earlier this week brought news of a settlement agreement between utility giant American Electric Power and the U.S. EPA in which the company agreed to install some $4.6 billion in pollution controls at some of its power plants and pay over $70 million in penalties and cleanup costs. Today, The Washington Post reported that the […]

    Grist staff Technology

  • Bookies make Al Gore the odds-on favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize

    The winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and bookmakers are giving Al Gore the best odds of winning. Think he’ll actually bag the prize? Vote in our poll on the Grist homepage.

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  • Images of a sustainable-food revolution

    Imagine a place where residents pull together to create a thriving store and restaurant serving fresh, local food. Imagine a place where the money appears, the dreams become real, the produce and pastured meat taste like home. Imagine a place where officials support these dreams with policies that fund organic farmers and encourage the purchase […]

    Grist staff Food

  • Find a ride to our reader party!

    Heard the hype about Grist’s hometown throw-down and purchased your ticket, but haven’t quite figured out what to wear how you’re gettin’ there? You’re not alone. Grist reader Diana from Olympia, Wash., wrote to us asking if anyone else from her area might be carpooling, and we thought to ourselves: selves, might there be others […]

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