Energy and Environment
May 3, 2007 -
The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) in Aiken, SC was established in 1951 by University of Georgia with funding from the Atomic Energy Commission. Its mission was to study the effects of the Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility on the surrounding environment.
April 20, 2007 -
We've been covering a lot of environmental issues here at Facing South lately (especially Sue Sturgis, our resident environmental reporter).
April 19, 2007 -
After Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the industry's failure to deliver on promises of providing energy "too cheap to meter" (even with over $115 billion in federal subsidies since 1947), the future of nuclear energy had looked grim. A new reactor hasn't come on line in over 10 years.
April 9, 2007 -
This coming Saturday, April 14 marks Step It Up 2007, the first National Day of Climate Action. There will be more than 1,300 gatherings across the country, from big rallies that aims to draw thousands, to modest global-warming awareness events organized by small groups of concerned citizens.
April 6, 2007 -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today released its second summary report of the year, this one detailing the observed impacts of global warming on humans and the natural environment. The news is not good.
April 3, 2007 -
In a somewhat surprise ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the EPA can regulate carbon emissions. The ruling addressed three questions:
April 2, 2007 -
A Facing South analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2005 toxic release inventory data for states across the region offers some good news and some bad news: While air pollution emitted by the region's industrial facilities declined slightly from the previous year, the amount of pollution dumped into surface wa