Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If someone told me 10 years ago that people would willingly pay over $5 for a one-gallon container of water, I would have scoffed. Yet here we are buying ...

Most people agree that climate change is a major concern that requires action, fast. What most people don’t realize: plastic warms the planet twice as much as aviation. So why does the distribution of ...

This column originally appeared in the Table Hopping newsletter, delivered free via email on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Sign up now. The blades on Nancy Tudor’s quixotic windmills are in the ...

What are plastic bags made out of? “Plastic” refers to different materials made from carbon (which is usually drawn from petroleum), used in anything from milk jugs to vinyl jackets. Household ...