Climate & Environment
Earth will soon be in the hands of my generation, and I need to care about the environment now. Older generations waited too long.
Sept. 15, 2024
Gen Z has been heralded as being more invested in environmental issues. But a discussion with ‘green’ youths suggests the plastic habit may be hard to break.
Sept. 13, 2024
Letters to the Editor
Gov. Gavin Newsom should sign long-overdue legislation banning the thicker “reusable” plastic grocery bags that just get thrown away.
Sept. 8, 2024
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a symptom of a much larger problem: Humans use way too much plastic and need to cut back now.
Sept. 12, 2024
Lawmakers passed two identical laws to close a loophole that allowed stores to offer ‘reusable’ plastic bags at checkout despite 2014 legislation meant to ban plastic bags.
Aug. 30, 2024
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? Maybe, but with a lot of caveats.
Sept. 3, 2024
Fake grass has zero habitat value. Our public and private outdoor spaces should help wildlife, not smother it.
Aug. 12, 2024
Opinion
California’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags worked. But it inadvertently created a new plastic problem — those supposedly reusable and recyclable thicker bags that simply replaced the thinner versions.
Aug. 5, 2024
A reader who accumulated those thick, nonrecyclable plastic grocery bags found a place that could use them: her local food bank.
Los Angeles should help lead California and the country in banning plastic ground covering. It’s expensive, unhealthy and terrible for the environment.