Currents

What’s next on NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s march to green Gotham? Wind power, of course.

The image of the American west has always been one of scenic grasslands and deserts, complete with wild, free-roaming mustangs. Mustangs were seen as poetry in motion—the embodiment of untamed spirit. Now, they’re considered a costly nuisance.

Big game hunters in Africa say their lucrative financial support is helping to protect wildlife and habitat and provide work for locals. But animal rights groups say wildlife watching is far more beneficial and humane.

The Bush administration last week announced that it would cut the amount of land designated as critical habitat for the endangered Northern Spotted Owl by some 23%.

Honda Motor Co. is looking to cut into competitor Toyota’s lead in sales of greener vehicles with the introduction of a new gasoline-electric hybrid.

Like any other vampire, "waste to energy" technology, e.g., burning garbage for electricity, needs a good, swift stake to the heart.

The State of Alaska filed suit in federal court last week seeking to overturn the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Researchers with the nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced last week that they had discovered some 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo.

T. Boone Pickens has a lot to say about energy conservation these days. Jay Hakes, former head of the Energy Information Administration, weighs in on the American oil tycoon’s "mighty big solutions to some mighty big problems."

A leading environmental group has found that 2007 was the second worst year in recent history for beach closures due to high pollution levels.