Currents

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), though far more energy efficient than their incandescent forbears, leave a lot to be desired.

Residents in Morrison, Wisconsin, turned seriously ill when their drinking water was contaminated from farm runoff.

As our cell phone use has gone up dramatically, so has our exposure to radiation.

President Obama’s Ocean Task Force is underway.

One of the world’s most dangerous pesticides is still responsible for severe health and environmental impacts, reports the Environmental Justice Foundation.

It looks as though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is toughening its stance against the toxic practices associated with mountaintop removal mining.

Following a dogged effort by conservative talk radio and TV host Glenn Beck to portray Van Jones as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, racist and Communist, Jones resigned from his six-month stint as an advisor on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

If you’ve long suspected that the brilliant, digital, 50-inch image you were enjoying on your new flat-screen TV was sucking up a bit more energy than your old model, pat yourself on the back.

Wolves, it seems, are finally getting some slack—at least one small pack of Mexican gray wolves in southwestern New Mexico.

A couple weeks ago, Animal Planet kicked off the latest offering from likable Steve Irwin-wannabe Dave Salmoni. But the wild lions he interferes with didn’t agree to their co-starring roles.