This week Marketplace airs a special series on the U.S. military and energy, and the Pentagon's quest to "unleash us from the tether of fuel." This…

Pentagon leaders today rolled out a long-anticipated energy strategy for military operations in the field. It's meant "to transform the way …

I never know when it makes sense to shell out extra money for organic foods. It's one of the reasons I started working on the story for Marketpla…

As oil prices rise, the search for petroleum alternatives intensifies. Some companies are betting big on biomass. Think ethanol made from corn…

You may have heard Adriene Hill's story on fake chicken on the Marketplace Morning Report. But, why chow down on something fake when you can get…

At a new Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, I came across a new definition of sustainability. Typically the term sustainability is unders…

This final note today, in which sustainability jumps the shark. You know how big polluters — or anyone, really — if they want to reduce their…

An Ecuadorean judge has fined American oil company Chevron for more than $9 billion in a case that has spanned a decade. The lawsuit began in 1990s…

If you heard my story today on Marketplace, you know there's some debate over exactly what sort of messaging is best suited to climate change. Co…

In the 1970s, California faced growing concerns about the supply and cost of energy, in addition to worries about running out of landfill space….