Currents

Congress and the Obama administration are on a course to provide the nation’s nuclear industry an unprecedented financial package.

A rare Australian tropical species—the white possum—can teach us a lot about the dangers of global warming.

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."

The world’s largest underwater museum is underway in Cancun, Mexico, in an effort to both divert tourists from coral reefs and to create artificial reefs to attract and sustain marine life.

Canada is receiving heavy international scrutiny at COP15 for its mining of tar sands. Activists are calling attention not just to the environmental toll of this fossil fuel extraction, but also to its impact on indigenous people in the region.

Green folks have known for years that there are many great alternatives to traditional consumer holiday presents.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced Monday that the agency has deemed greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.

In an attempt to keep an invasive species out of the Great Lakes, Illinois conducted a massive fish kill last weekend. How many carps in the catch? One.