Currents

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.

A recent study has shown that wastewater carries some unnatural additives—pollutants that may also be present in drinking water.

"I came by my interest in clean water honestly," former President Bill Clinton said at the Waterkeeper Alliance’s 10th anniversary conference in New York City on June 26. "I grew up in this national park, where we had the government protecting our precious water."

Homeowners living in San Francisco who dump their leftover spaghetti in with the regular trash could someday face fines of $100.

Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, have quantified the actual cost for local farmers to restore wetlands on their properties—and it’s much lower than anticipated.