Currents

Nonprofits sound the alarm about a hidden provision in the Agriculture Appropriations Bill.

Hannah Freedman Activists Are Frustrated by the Many Missed Opportunities at the Rio+20 Earth Summit On Friday afternoon, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development convened. Dubbed Rio+20, the conference was the largest UN summit ever held and marked the 20-year anniversary of the original Earth Summit also held in Rio. Attended by 50,000, the […]

A new study finds that increased access to recycling bins may drive up consumption by reducing feelings of guilt.

Hannah Miller World leaders at the Earth Summit in Rio were supposed to chart a way forward for the green economy. But can they even agree on what it means?What exactly is the “green economy”? At the Earth Summit in Rio, it depends on who you talk to. “As an Indian, as someone from the […]

Rising Arctic temperatures means new tree growth and the release of stores of carbon in the soil.

Brita Belli The Clearwater Festival Is the Perfect Merging of Music and Environmental Awareness, Particularly for KidsI had plans to sit and enjoy several bands at Sunday’s Clearwater Festival, but my going-on-6-year-old had other ideas. Instead, we began at one of several playgrounds on site, enjoying the sounds of Balkan Beat Box rising over the […]

The Rio + 20 Earth Summit grapples with the need for action on climate change and declining interest from key world leaders.

Christopher Weber Neighborhoods with High Vacancy Rates are Coming Down. What can Environmentalists do to Soften the Impact? Coming soon to a city neighborhood near you: wrecking crews. Cities are demolishing large numbers of vacant houses to try to stabilize the values of the surrounding homes. 60 Minutes reported that Cleveland, for instance, would destroy […]

Carbon dioxide levels have surpassed 400 parts per million as measured by Arctic monitoring stations.

Estrogen from lactating cows contaminates water supplies and damages fish populations…and it’s unregulated.