Learn about whole-life cost, its significance, and how it accounts for total expenses, including hidden costs, of owning an ...

We finished last month's column on life cycle costs for water heating with a 50-gal. propane tank-type water heater (July, pg. 32). The reason behind this discussion is to explain why it made sense ...

As plastic production has skyrocketed over the past several decades, wealthy countries have benefited enormously — from increasingly lightweight, affordable products, for example. The full social and ...

An independent standards development organization has verified the findings of an eco-efficiency analysis (EEA) of asphalt pavement technologies, which shows microsurfacing to be more economical and ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. As plastic production has skyrocketed over the past several decades, wealthy ...