Energy and Environment
June 7, 2007 -
As my fellow Facing South blogger Randy Neal reports today, the Florida Public Service Commission this week unanimously
June 7, 2007 -
Earlier this week, the Florida Public Service Commission denied a Florida Power and Light "Needs Determination" permit for a huge coal-fired power plant on 4900 acres of wilderness near the Everglades National Park in Glades Co. Florida, effectively killing the project.
May 31, 2007 -
The Associated Press has identified five coastal areas of the United States that are particularly vulnerable to hurricane disasters -- and four of them are in the South.
May 25, 2007 -
We reported earlier this week that TVA's Browns Ferry Unit 1 nuclear power reactor was restarted after being down more than twenty years.
May 23, 2007 -
Sue's post regarding nuclear waste in the South suggests a clearer picture of the real purpose behind a proposed new interstate highway.
May 22, 2007 -
The Bush administration's plans for creating an international partnership to reprocess spent nuclear fuel could result in large quantities of radioactive waste being hauled through Southern communities via truck, train or ship.
May 9, 2007 -
More on the Savannah River Ecology Lab pending shutdown that we mentioned here last week... The following announcement was e-mailed to us by Joe Franke: