What is the cost of our clothes?
Your polyester clothes might be trendy, but the fashion industry's reliance on plastic is becoming increasingly unsustainable and even dangerous - both for the environment and human health.
Explainer
Ethanol’s outsized place in the U.S. energy system
Fact file: New energy projections show that climate crisis requires a range of solutions
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook 2022 warns of the dangers of inaction on climate change. But it also points to the possibility of action on many fronts making a big difference.
Fact file: Driving came roaring back in 2021
Though the pandemic kept many of us home in 2020, Americans drove nearly as much in 2021 as in 2019. Here's the data.
Fact file: Americans drive the most
Americans drive a whole lot more than most other people in the world. That means more noise, more pollution and more deaths. Maybe it's time to rethink how we get around.
Learning from the Texas freeze: How clean, local energy can build resilience
What’s going on up there? The potential for solar on superstores
Superstores might be hard to miss, but they're hiding something on their roofs: huge potential for solar power. Building solar on America's 100,000 big box stores would cut energy use, reduce air pollution, fight global warming and make the electric grid more resilient.
New Fed data reveal auto debt at historic highs
The recycling symbol doesn’t belong on things that aren’t recyclable
Truth in labelling can help fight the flood of plastic pollution.
Why we should all be worried about the wildfires
Wildfires and smoke seem like a West Coast problem, but more and more frequently that smoke reaches the East Coast. The health effects of that smoke are scary, meaning we should do everything we can to improve air quality and mitigate global warming.