From a river that literally caught fire to a pesticide that silenced spring birdsong, the modern environmental movement was born when nature pushed back and America listened. This is the story of how political pressure led to the EPA, landmark environmental laws, and one of the fastest policy transformations in U.S. history.
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.
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