Currents

A coalition of environmental groups announced last week that it had reached a settlement that forces the U.S. Navy to complete a full environmental review on major sonar training exercises it conducts around the world.

Upwards of 15,000 poverty-stricken Indian people took part in a protest last week against their government’s planned extension of a new wildlife sanctuary at Mudumalai created to protect the country’s dwindling population of tigers.

The single most important factor in developing a low-carbon project is the early integration of sustainable strategies into the planning process.

Sixteen conservation and animal welfare groups called on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service last week to replace the prominent photograph of an endangered Mexican gray wolf on its website because the animal was trapped and inadvertently killed by the agency.

Last week, in the waning days of the Bush White House, officials from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) granted a controversial permit to expand mining operations on Native American lands in northern Arizona.

The Florida Everglades has shrunk to less than half its former size. Wading bird populations have plummeted by over 90 percent. Sixty-eight species of plants and animals are threatened or endangered with extinction. The patient is dying.

A smarter grid is essential to true conservation, and some forward-thinking energy companies are rewiring the way to this future.