Energy and Environment
January 17, 2012 -
The N.C. Attorney General says the utility giant's proposed 7.2% rate hike unfairly favors investors over ordinary consumers, while public-interest groups accuse the company of taking from the poor to give to Google and other corporate energy hogs.
January 12, 2012 -
A new EPA database unveiled this week reveals the nation's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases -- and Southern power plants top the list.
January 11, 2012 -
North Carolina lawmakers have racked up the lowest conservation scores ever in a newly released report card - and those supported by the conservative benefactor and his family members scored far below the record low average.
January 9, 2012 -
The amount of toxic coal ash that's being dumped at power plants in the region and nationwide is growing -- at the same time some members of Congress are trying to block strict regulation of such disposal.
January 5, 2012 -
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management faces charges of race discrimination for permitting a landfill in an African-American community to take the toxic waste spilled in the 2008 Kingston coal ash disaster.
January 3, 2012 -
In a case hinging on a state's right to regulate corporate campaign contributions in a post-Citizens United world, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the American Tradition Partnership represents "a threat to the political marketplace."
January 3, 2012 -
While BP is running ads touting its Gulf cleanup, the major media and politicians are ignoring the voices of residents who have a different story to tell. Will this be the year they're finally heard?