Currents

As Big-Time Skiing Consolidates, New Environmental Problems Arise

Wild Horses-and Yesterday’s Prized Pets-Get Sent for Slaughter

Herbal Medicine is Thriving, But the Trade Puts Pressure on "Wildcrafted" Plants

The Air Force is Preparing to Militarize the Ionosphere-With Electrifying Results.

Does the Great Bear Still Haunt Colorado?

Wild Honeybees, Nature’s Pollinators, Are in Trouble, Victims of Manmade Pollution and Tiny, Destructive Mites.

Despite the fact that most Americans think the environment has gotten dramatically better in their lifetimes, the air in 31 states fails to meet federal health standards for smog. I’m breathing some of that bad air myself, since my county is one of the failures.

Last week police in southern Oregon arrested three Greenpeace activists who had chained themselves to a shipping container to block loggers from reaching an old-growth timber sale on federal land.

In Europe high-speed trains are the norm for travel around the continent. Yes, there are challenges to connect sprawling, suburbanized America to train transit and rebuild the system we once had, but with traffic congestion increasing 400 percent since 1985 it’s time we prioritized fast trains as a national goal. The average commuter spends five years stuck in traffic when he or she could be sitting back and enjoying the ride.