Currents

On January 11, BMW released its first-ever electric vehicle, the BMW Concept ActiveE.

The Amazon rainforest is facing a grave threat: soybeans.

A lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity has resulted in a federal study showing that Florida’s endangered manatees are being killed each year at seven times the sustainable rate.

It’s not much of a stretch to liken America’s relationship with cells phones to a once sizzling romance that ends in goodbye.

Renewable energy use is on the rise, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar and wind provided a combined 10.51% of domestic U.S. energy production during the first nine months of 2009.

Public-safety advocates have long been concerned about the so-called inert ingredients of pesticides—which their manufacturers aren’t required to disclose.

First, the facts: The average American uses about ¾ of a tree per year; and a tree makes (on average), 80,500 sheets of paper. It made me wonder: could I put myself on a paper diet–using one tenth the paper of the average American? I’m going to try.

1% For the Planet, a network of 1,000-plus companies that donate 1% of annual sales to environmental causes, has announced the January 5, 2010, release of the digital music compilation: "1%: The Music, Vol. One."

From condemning to cautiously hopeful, top environmental organizations released statements following the close Friday of the U.N. Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen and the release of the Copenhagen Accord.

In the final hours of the negotiations, many observers concluded that the Copenhagen summit came down to two countries, the United States and China, and their disagreements over MRV: the measuring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions.