Plastic pollution seems to have found a new way to creep into the natural landscape. Researchers have discovered a strange never-before-seen type of pollution that they've dubbed "plasticrust," which ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with LA Times environmental reporter Susanne Rust about what she learned from logging her plastic use for a week. LA Times reporter Susanne Rust pays a lot of attention to the ...

Dear Tom and Ray: You recently answered a question about whether it's harmful to let your gas tank run down to empty. You said it's not harmful to the car, and it won't cause any damage. Eric Peters, ...

LA Times reporter Susanne Rust pays a lot of attention to the amount of plastic she uses. She's an investigative reporter who covers environmental issues. So she didn't expect to be quite so taken ...