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INSTITUTE INDEX: Clinging to dirty energy in the South

By Sue Sturgis

October 13, 2011 - A recent United Nations report found that 80 percent of the world's energy needs could be met with renewable sources by 2050. So why are the Southeast's big electric utilities doing so little to make the transition to clean energy despite the worsening climate crisis?

Environment

On energy, Sunshine State lives up to its name

By Sue Sturgis

October 2, 2007 - Florida Power & Light last week announced plans to build Florida's first large-scale solar thermal power plant, which will be one of the world's largest.