Energy and Environment
July 14, 2008 -
Two decisions handed down last week, one by a federal court and the other by a federal agency, will have critical implications for our nation's environmental health -- and for the Bush administration's environmental legacy.
July 7, 2008 -
This Wednesday, July 9, staff with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting in Atlanta with officials from the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Plant in Columbia, S.C. to discuss nuclear materials that went missing back in February. The meeting will be open to the public for observation.
July 3, 2008 -
While the U.S. nuclear industry is pushing plans to build seven new nuclear reactors -- all of them south of the Mason-Dixon line -- its regulators have failed to adequately enforce fire regulations at existing nuclear power plants.
July 1, 2008 -
Construction on Georgia's first new coal-fired power plant in decades came to a halt yesterday, thanks to a groundbreaking decision by a judge.
June 27, 2008 -
Last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine ran a gushing profile of Jim Rogers, the CEO of Duke Energy in Charlotte, N.C.
June 25, 2008 -
The U.S. Supreme Court has slashed the punitive damages awarded in the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster from $2.5 billion to $500 million.
June 24, 2008 -
In his briefing [PDF] to Congress yesterday on the climate crisis, NASA scientist James Hansen warned that our planet perches at a dangerous tipping point, with all the elements of cataclysm assembled: sea ice melting, ice sheets disintegrating, ecosystems collapsing.