Energy and Environment
September 14, 2006 -
Except for Ernesto, hurricane season has been mostly quiet so far this year. There are a couple brewing right now, but they aren't expected to pose much of a threat.
August 21, 2006 -
With not much action happening at the federal level in terms of global warming, states are taking action -- including distancing themselves from those who deny it's a problem.
August 18, 2006 -
Blue Heron, keeping cool in the shade Tellico Lake, Tennessee (click image for larger view)
August 17, 2006 -
According to this Reuters report, fixes to the New Orleans levee system could actually make matters worse:
August 15, 2006 -
An accident nearly two weeks ago involving a barge that collided with the main lock at the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River near Florence Alabama is wreaking havoc with barge traffic on the waterway:
August 10, 2006 -
85% of all executions take place in the U.S. South. This fact makes it all the more significant that, last week, North Carolina took a pioneering move to establish a commission that could exonerate those wrongly convicted of capital crimes. As the Christian Science Monitor reports:
August 2, 2006 -
With ex-Tropical Storm Chris now gaining steam off the coast of Puerto Rico, we have the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season approaching landfall.