The world wastes 1 billion meals worth of food every single day. That shocking fact from the U.N. Environment Programme puts into stark terms the massive problem of food waste, which produces ...

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Spent fuel reprocessing sounds great, but experts say we haven’t figured out the details. The prospect of making trash useful is always fascinating to me. Whether it’s used batteries, solar panels, or ...

The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites ...