Energy and Environment
February 25, 2008 -
Last night the CBS show "60 minutes" aired a powerful report on what appears to be the politically motivated prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. Unfortunately, viewers in northern Alabama who tuned in to watch the show found a black screen during most of the Siegelman piece.
February 21, 2008 -
Today marks the start of public hearings on the U.S. Department of Energy's $150 billion plans to streamline the nation's current atomic arsenal of some 10,000 warheads -- and to build new nuclear weapons at various sites, including several in the South. The hearings will be held today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
February 20, 2008 -
Amory Lovins is the visionary co-founder and chair of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado-based "think-and-do" tank that helps businesses, communities, individuals and governments increase profits and competitive advantage through efficien
February 19, 2008 -
An explosion and fire at a Texas oil refinery on Monday injured four workers, and news that the facility would be closed for as long as two months was a factor behind oil prices jumping to more than $100 a barrel.
February 15, 2008 -
In response to the federal government's findings of dangerously high formaldehyde levels in manufactured homes provided to families displaced by Hurricane Katrina, North Carolina Gov.
February 12, 2008 -
A federal appeals court on Friday decided that an Environmental Protection Agency rule that left coal- and oil-fired power plants off the hook for tough mercury controls violated the Clean Air Act.
February 7, 2008 -
A roundup of reports from around the South, where deadly storms ripped through Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky Tuesday night leaving a wake of death and destruction... From the 9PM Wednesday TEMA Situation Report: