Energy and Environment
April 7, 2008 -
Last week James E. Hansen, one of the nation's leading scientific experts on climate change, publicly released a letter he sent to Jim Rogers, CEO of North Carolina-based Duke Energy.
April 2, 2008 -
Eight people were arrested yesterday during a protest at the construction site for North Carolina-based Duke Energy's new Cliffside coal-fired power plant west of Charlotte.
March 27, 2008 -
In a hearing before the Tennessee Senate Environment and Conservation Committee yesterday, Knoxville based National Coal Corp. said that a proposed ban on mountaintop removal mining would put them out of business and affect hundreds of jobs in the state of Tennessee.
March 19, 2008 -
Two environmental organizations went to court today in the latest attempt to stop Duke Energy from building a controversial new coal-burning power plant in western North Carolina. In separate lawsuits, Appalachian Voices and the N.C.
March 14, 2008 -
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Climate Change Science Program released a major report on the likely impacts of global climate change on transportation infrastructure across the Gulf Coast region. If you didn't hear about it yet, that's understandable -- DOT essentially buried the report while keeping its lead author kept from talking to the press.
March 13, 2008 -
People whose health was directly affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- whether as evacuees, displaced persons, rescue and recovery workers, or volunteers -- are invited to participate in a groundbreaking national survey that will assess the storms' impact on mental and physical well-being.
March 11, 2008 -
A watchdog group is criticizing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for abruptly halting a public meeting last week after problems arose with Progress Energy's application for a new reactor in North Carolina -- and for continuing the discussion with company officials in private. The N.C.