Although plastic bag bans do help the environment, they also create unintended consequences that might make them less desirable.
Based on a recent study, calculating the amount of air pollution we can blame on SUV emissions has just become a bit trickier.
Although many of us express a willingness to pay more for green products, a close look reveals that price can still have a big impact on our decision.
While it sounds simple to charge vehicles for driving in a certain area, New York's actual congestion pricing plan is much more complex.
Easy to ignore, the quantity of cardboard boxes that we demand has soared because of the incentives created by Amazon Prime.
Avoided by Norway, Dutch disease is contracted by nations that let a commodity windfall dominate what they produce and spend.
Ranking the global warming readiness of the largest consumer product companies, a climate change research group tells us where to be concerned.
Attempts to encourage African wildlife conservation have changed incentives that affect African villagers and U.S. hunters.
Ranchers and poultry farmers are supporting legislation that requires lab-made meat labels to indicate the product is not real meat.
In one handy graphic from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, you can see U.S. energy consumption and production for our homes, businesses, and vehicles.












