Currents

Environmentally conscious consumers can now relax about eating sushi. As long as they consult one of three new guides from leading ocean conservation groups, that is.

Environmentalists are incensed at a new Interior Department plan to allow mountain bikes on trails in U.S. national parks.

Last week cable news magnate and United Nations Foundation founder Ted Turner announced the launch of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC).

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a dire report last week concluding that about a quarter of the world’s mammal species are heading for extinction.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will issue new lead emissions regulations by October 15. But will they sufficiently monitor those cities and poor areas where the most at-risk children live?

British researchers are suggesting that those of us in the world’s developed nations limit our weekly intake of meat to only four modest portions—and milk to just one liter—if we are to avoid "runaway" climate change.

A coalition of environmental groups filed suit in federal court last week over the wolverine being denied protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Last winter, I was driving back and forth to work in my 1990 Cadillac Deville, a.k.a. "the Beast." One day as the 8 cylinders idled at a stop light, I looked off to the right and noticed two hybrid cars totaling the Beast’s length.

If you’re into living green, Portland, Oregon is your city. Portland retained its dominance atop website SustainLane’s bi-annual "green city" rankings.

Last week, the White House reinstated federal Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolves of the northern Rockies.