Currents

The International Whaling Commission has been debating whether or not they should lift a 25-year ban on commercial hunting in favor of allowing limited whaling rights.

Presented with two equal-priced apples or cheeses—one organic and the other produced with conventional methods—which would you choose? Does the 10-40% higher price tag on the organic product influence your decision?

In a recent blog post for Defenders of Wildlife, environmental photographer Krista Schlyer looked at the case of brown pelicans in Louisiana—a species particularly vulnerable to the spill, especially now as they are caring for their young.

On June 26, people worldwide will participate in the Hands Across the Sand campaign to protest offshore oil drilling and to support legislation for clean energy.

The green movement came as more of a slap than an epiphany. Sitting on the floor of my college dorm room, I was surrounded by pizza boxes, notebooks and paper cups by the dozen.

Is using a cell phone hazardous to your health? We haven’t been using them long enough to know for sure, but some researchers are already worried.

While consumers across the world increasingly recycle their old batteries, coffee makers and MP3 players, most electric and electronic waste from offices and factories still ends up in landfills. But in Norway, an industry-run program now collects 98% of such waste.

Late last month, 39 giant tortoises were released on Pinta Island in the Galapagos Archipelago in an effort to restore the island’s ecosystem.

In June 2009, Elizabeth Birnbaum, then-director of the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service, appointed Sylvia Baca to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.

June 8 is World Oceans Day—a day meant to celebrate the oceans of the world and to recognize our connection to them.