Energy and Environment
February 8, 2012 -
The civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster is scheduled to get underway this month in New Orleans -- unless BP reaches a settlement with the federal government, which some think is likely.
February 7, 2012 -
The American Petroleum Institute held a workshop in North Carolina last week touting its own safety standards for fracking. But the speakers didn't mention that the BP oil spill commission found API's ability to set standards is compromised by its role as the oil and gas industry's chief lobbyist.
February 2, 2012 -
New developments raise serious questions about whether Progress Energy will ever build two reactors planned for Levy County, Fla. -- but its customers are still on the hook for the billion-dollar planning bill.
January 31, 2012 -
Ads airing in Florida in the run-up to today's primary have focused on Gulf restoration, which hasn't been getting much attention from U.S. political leaders as shown by the GOP debates and the latest State of the Union address.
January 27, 2012 -
The Gulf Coast is disappearing underwater while political leaders fail to act.
January 20, 2012 -
A new video from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network features first-hand accounts from mothers and grandmothers about the chronic health problems affecting an alarming number of children who live in Gulf Coast communities impacted by the 2010 BP oil spill.
January 19, 2012 -
More than three years after a disaster at a Tennessee power plant, the Obama administration still has not issued promised protections from coal ash hazards. Environmental groups plan to sue to spur action.