Energy and Environment
September 10, 2008 -
After leaving devastation in its wake in Cuba and the Caribbean, Hurricane Ike is making its way toward the Texas coast and is expected to intensify in the warm waters of the Gulf before it arrives Saturday morning.
September 10, 2008 -
The televised debate last night between the two front-running candidates for governor of North Carolina -- Lt. Gov.
September 2, 2008 -
On the Hurricane Gustav front, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center has launched the informational resource website Gustav Info in order to provide those affected by the storm, Gulf Coast advocates, and people across the country interested in Gulf Coast issues with the information they need to move forward. The website will include:
August 21, 2008 -
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit this week seeking the release of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency test data for a relatively new class of pesticides that might be playing a role in what's come to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder.
August 20, 2008 -
As Facing South previously reported, Louisiana's Governor Bobby Jindal made an important commitment last week to spending a billion dollars in state funds on coastal restoration and protection projects in the coming years.
August 14, 2008 -
Fresh from his election as chair of the Southern Governors Association, Virginia Gov.
August 12, 2008 -
The Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade group for the U.S. nuclear industry, is in the process of selecting at least two rural U.S. communities to serve as potential dump sites for highly radioactive spent fuel from the nation's nuclear power plants.