Currents

A moratorium was recently passed in the New York State Assembly banning fracking, a natural gas drilling method, for another year.

With just one mountain still standing in West Virginia’s Coal River Valley, filmmaker Bill Haney and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. join resilient locals in an all-out battle to save “the last mountain” from destruction by coal giant Massey Energy. Coal giant Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal mining has brought down millions of acres of forests, reduced […]

Find the furry friend who is your family’s perfect match with Petfinder’s easy-to-use app. There is something downright addictive about scrolling through the adoptable pets on Petfinder. For those who can’t resist the daily pull of puppy (or kitten, or even rabbit or horse) eyes, the Petfinder app (named one of the top 10 phone […]

Environmental Organizations Sue the USDA for its Approval of Genetically Engineered AlfalfaThe U.S. Department of Agriculture was recently back in the courts defending its favorite biotech company, Monsanto. Last month, a coalition of farmers and food safety groups sued the agriculture department for approving genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa without first adequately analyzing the biotech crop’s […]

The year 2010 marked the worst energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in our history.

Electric cars and wind turbines need rare-earth metals—metals that are in short supply and mostly imported from China.

Energy for Electricity Is Not the Same as for TransportationAt a recent party, a young man claimed that we needed wind power to avoid fighting a war in the Middle East. This is mistaken. Wind power generates electricity, while the Mideast is a source of oil used to drive cars. They’re not the same thing. […]

A first-of-its-kind study discovers that pesticides associated with genetically modified foods persist in our bloodstreams.

In response to the nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany will go nuclear-free by 2022.