Currents

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.

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."

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.

Before Feb. 16, 2005, Irvine, Calif. was just the first city to curbside recycle. And the first city in the world to ban CFC"s. But with a donated 1,347 acres of open land through the sale of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Irvine will now have the first great national park of the 21st century.

Both houses of Congress last week agreed on compromise legislation to ban certain toxic chemicals known as phthalates from products intended for use by children.

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

In an effort to clear the air for the upcoming Olympics, the city of Beijing has cut in half the number of cars allowed to drive its streets.

The all-electric, plug-in Chevrolet Volt is coming to America.