Energy and Environment
December 12, 2006 -
The US Department of Energy has a huge stockpile of weapons-grade uranium at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that they need to do something with. Somewhere along the way, a plan to extract medical radioisotopes got scrapped, and the disposal bill jumped from $128 million when the contract was awarded in 2003 to nearly $380 million now.
December 7, 2006 -
Saying the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet has destroyed large parts of Louisiana's coastline and contributed to the devastating damage New Orleans suffered during Hurricane Katrina, a coalition of environmental scholars and advocates this week released a report calling for the shipping canal's closure.
December 4, 2006 -
In New Orleans, the bulldozers have been parked. Trucks are idle. Contractors are growing impatient.
December 4, 2006 -
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun closing some of its scientific libraries, effectively preventing scientists and the public from accessing essential information on toxic pollution, according to an action alert from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
November 7, 2006 -
For most of the South, it's a rainy Election Day.
November 1, 2006 -
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in a Clean Air Act case against North Carolina-based Duke Energy, one of the nation's largest power companies. Environmental Defense, et al. v. Duke Energy Corp. began six years ago after the U.S.
October 26, 2006 -
The investigation team led by the Army Corps of Engineers is crawfishing from parts of its report on levee failures during Hurricane Katrina after a crack science and engineering panel released a critical review of its work this week.