Energy and Environment
November 14, 2007 -
Our report yesterday on the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation and its efforts to derail state climate policy is generating a lot of attention -- and ruffling a few feathers.
November 13, 2007 -
HOSTILE CLIMATE The Center for Climate Strategies wants to help states cut global warming pollution. A North Carolina think tank funded by energy interests wants to stop them. By Sue Sturgis
November 13, 2007 -
Following up on our previous report about drought conditions around the South and particularly the Atlanta area which now has only an estimated 80 day supply of water left, Florida has backed out of an agreement that would have let Georgia reduce discharges from Lake Lanier to increase Georgia's water supply.
October 10, 2007 -
Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a record $4.6 billion settlement with American Electric Power in a lawsuit brought by eight northeastern states and a number of environmental advocacy groups.
October 2, 2007 -
Florida Power & Light last week announced plans to build Florida's first large-scale solar thermal power plant, which will be one of the world's largest.
October 1, 2007 -
If you plan to drive along Interstate 40 through Tennessee over the next few years, you might want to be extra careful.
October 1, 2007 -
Global warming skeptic Patrick J. Michaels has left the climatologist's office at the University of Virginia -- a big relief to university faculty who lamented Michaels' industry funding and contrarian views on global warming.