The Plastic Problem
Plastic-pouch food packaging is showing up everywhere—except at recycling facilities.
Elizabeth Royte
An Accident Waiting to Happen: The Peril of Transporting Crude by Rail
As oil trains derail across the United States, a windswept—and vulnerable—stretch of Montana’s Glacier National Park underscores the folly of transporting crude by rail.
Paying It Forward: Who Should Pay for Recycling Wasteful Plastic?
You make it, you pay. Why should taxpayers foot the bill for recycling all of that wasteful plastic?
This Is Your Town on Fracking: A Visit to Williston, North Dakota
Elizabeth Royte finds herself stranded in Williston, North Dakota, at the heart of a new oil boom in the United States.