Legacy Topic: Sustainability
Critics fear EPA changes will give big industry more sway over science
by
Scott Tong
Mar 29, 2018
Under the new policy, academic study authors will have to share their raw data, leaving it vulnerable to distortion, some worry.
Detroit's new urban farms bring change and raise questions
Mar 27, 2018
Since 2016 Detroit has gained more than 22 new large scale gardens and farms. As these new farmers put down roots, some wonder what the future of urban agriculture will look like there.
It's not easy being green when you're poor
by
Erika Beras
Mar 21, 2018
Pittsburgh's plan to green up the city may be leaving low-income residents behind.
Norway offers incentives to push its residents to buy electric cars
Mar 21, 2018
Norway says it will stop selling gas and diesel cars altogether by 2025.
Can single-use plastics really be eliminated?
by
Kimberly Adams
and Eliza Mills
Mar 9, 2018
Cities and countries are banning or charging fees for single-use plastic items like bags and straws. This week, the wealthy beach community of Malibu, California, voted to ban restaurants from giving out plastic straws, utensils and stirrers. Overseas, Scotland wants to ban plastic straws by 2019; Taiwan is banning single-use plastics by 2030. So is […]
For online retailers, packaging is all about economics
Mar 6, 2018
Online retailers are trying to cut down on package waste. But designing a new box for everything a company ships takes a lot of time.
Where is the world's energy market headed?
Mar 2, 2018
Energy consumption in the U.S. must be expected to skyrocket in the upcoming years, right? Not so fast.
For public good, not for profit.
Top German court gives cities a green light for diesel restrictions
Feb 27, 2018
Germany’s top administrative court today ruled that cities can now ban older diesel vehicles from high-pollution areas. Before Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal a few years ago, more than half of the new cars sold in Europe had diesel engines. They’ve been losing market share ever since, and today’s ruling only hastens the decline of diesel. That’s […]
Could kelp help mitigate ocean acidification?
by
Jes Burns
Feb 22, 2018
Seawater's changing chemistry is making it harder for oysters and other shellfish to grow.
Solar panel import tax could net $1 billion this year
by
Jed Kim
Jan 23, 2018
A 30 percent tariff on solar panels imported from China will help U.S. manufacturers, but even with ramped-up production those companies won’t be able to meet domestic demand. Solar power companies will still use lots of imported panels, and pay up to a billion dollars in tariffs this year, by one estimate.