March 2, 2020
When the makers of toilet paper, sneakers, and clothing use less-waste design, they wind up creatively combining resources.
February 26, 2020
When companies replace single use cups with mugs and glasses, the employee response has been somewhat like our use of gym memberships.
February 5, 2020
Because Chicago first had a single use plastic bag ban and then replaced it with a single use plastic bag fee, researchers can compare the impact.
February 3, 2020
To diminish the city's noise pollution, Mumbai is experimenting with traffic lights that last longer when drivers honk too much.
January 3, 2020
Solving two mysteries, VW emissions tests first solved a regulatory puzzle and then revealed the impact of elevated auto pollution on health.
December 24, 2019
A city is getting a good return on its investment when speed cameras improve road safety and other services make residents' life better.
December 3, 2019
When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.
November 17, 2019
Looking at a hover of trout or a shoal of salmon, we can ask if a fish hatchery is the way to preserve a population for recreation and conservation.
November 5, 2019
Inside and outside, India's air pollution is a story of the tragedy of the commons that so far has not had a happy ending.
October 22, 2019
Located in the middle of Alaska's subarctic tundra, Bethel, Alaska has garbage problems because there is no easy way to ship its waste.
October 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
With plant-based foods growing like weeds, we have to decide if their vegan names should reflect the foods that they resemble.