Jeff Turrentine

A grocery-store gaffe sparks an ethics debate over plastic packaging and the merits of convenience foods.

We don't let flat-Earthers influence our science curricula. So why should climate skeptics have a say?

The crisis in Flint, Michigan, reveals the dangerous downside of treating public safety as just another line item.

In the budding cli-fi genre, dystopian settings can be real-life motivators.

Gas is crazy cheap. Car sales are through the roof. So why isn’t taxpayer support for mass transit tanking?

How can we save the world? During the United Nations climate conference, we can—and should—find our inspiration in history. Look to Winston Churchill.

Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has a chance to make amends for a decade of climate inaction. But if it’s ever to catch up, it needs to start right now.

School officials in Utah think sixth graders are too young to be taught about climate change—but the perfect age to be misled about it.

Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.

The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will presidential candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?

Students are pushing their schools to divest from fossil-fuel companies. Administrations are pushing back. History tells us who will win.

A new generation of conservative pundits is cheerfully blurring the line between red and blue—by embracing smart growth and New Urbanism.

In states whose economic engines run on dirty fuel, teaching kids about climate change is under new attack.

As Pope Francis prepares to deliver a powerful message on climate change, deniers are beginning to realize they haven’t got a prayer.

Three bold plans to turn L.A. into a better, more sustainable version of itself, one that will be able to meet the formidable water, air, and climate challenges of the 21st century.