carbon pollution

November 15, 2007 - Anyone interested in understanding how much carbon dioxide pollution is being emitted by the world's power plants has a terrific new resource to turn to: the Carbon Monitoring for Action database, or CARMA.

July 16, 2007 - Houston is a fast-growing city, and it uses a lot of electricity. Most of that power has come from natural gas to date, which seemed like a good idea when prices were low. But now natural gas prices have shot through the roof, and Houston (along with Texas) consumers are paying much higher utility bills than their neighbors.

April 3, 2007 - In a somewhat surprise ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the EPA can regulate carbon emissions. The ruling addressed three questions: