Currents

Kids today. Not only are they mastering technology ahead of many adults, they’re also making greater strides towards sustainability.

It’s the catch-22 of sustainable trade-offs: The chemicals used to replace ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) contribute to global warming.

America has a huge reservoir of untapped engineering talent in its young women–women who are not going into engineering because of roadblocks like lack of encouragement, cultural norms, peer pressure and most importantly, failure to understand how engineers can contribute to the world around them.

Several environmental nonprofit organizations are crying foul after the July 17 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in London.

Scientists are expecting five billion tons of ice to break away from the Petermann glacier in Greenland this summer—a piece about the size of Manhattan.

Intermountain Power’s coal plant in Utah became the 100th coal plant to be abandoned or prevented since 2001, the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign reported.

The federal government is facing a lawsuit from a coalition of environmental groups over Bush-era plans for new transmission corridors in the West.

E talks with Kate L. Harrison, author of The Green Bride Guide and founder of <a href="http://www.thegreenbrideguide.com">www.thegreenbrideguide.com</a>.

On the heels of the House of Representatives passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it is now seeking to tighten nitrogen dioxide air quality standards.

On Friday, June 26, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a squeaker, 219 to 212.