Science & Environment

Who first popularized the term “carbon footprint”? The answer might surprise you.

Making the planet a more habitable place is an imperfectly weird mix of qualitative and quantitative data that are both subjective and objective.

What do plastic straws and Kim Kardashian have in common?

Should we be investing in nuclear, or phasing out its use altogether?

How we went from 0 (no plastic) to 100 (plastic in every crevice of our earth, literally).

Buckle up for the dirty details of NYC’s trashy history.