Currents

The deficit super committee is tasked with making massive cuts and could slash environmental programs.

Facebook’s anti-spam software resulted in suspended accounts for animal rescue groups.

A moving song from John Prine about the ravages of mountaintop removal coal mining is still relevant today. In addition to the country classic “Angel from Montgomery,” legendary singer-songwriter John Prine wrote the moving song “Paradise” about a once beautiful Kentucky town laid to waste by the coal mining company. It was written for his […]

Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” may have ended, but its killer Ultimate Sharks app lives on. Discovery Channel’s Shark Week may be over, but you can still satisfy your need for sharks with the Ultimate Sharks app, a new app the network designed exclusively for the iPad. Featured sharks include the great white, tiger, bull, oceanic […]

Despite Past Oil Spills, Shell Is Given the Go-Ahead for Arctic DrillingOn the heels of a United Nations report release criticizing Shell Oil for “contributing to 50 years of pollution” in the Niger Delta,” U.S. federal officials recently gave the green light to the oil giant to drill even more—this time in the Arctic. As […]

A new report says widespread conservation efforts won’t be enough to halt biodiversity loss.

More beaches have been closed this summer due to unsafe bacteria levels, and money for testing the water is falling short.

A new documentary gives viewers a rare inside look at the workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a group the FBI once considered America’s top domestic terrorist threat.A thought-provoking documentary released this past June takes a rare, intimate look inside radical environmental activism. If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, is […]

This summer’s heat may be direct evidence of changing climate trends scientists have long been expecting.

L.A.’s Sewage Recycling Program Garners Awards and Fierce CriticismPeople flush the toilet maybe five to 10 times a day. Ever wonder where it all goes and, once it gets there, what they do with it? On a per capita basis, Los Angeles area homes, businesses and industry together generate roughly 90 gallons per day of […]