"Towns Pay a High Price for Power"
"Investing in a massive coal-burning power plant in southern Illinois has saddled some towns with similarly large electricity rates."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 09/05/2013
Search results
"World Bank Targets Air Pollution in Climate Battle"
"The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning 'aggressive action' to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth."
Source: Reuters, 09/05/2013
"'Bakken Blitz' Sets Up Battle Between Oil Producers, Shippers"
"The Obama administration's launch of a crude-by-rail safety inspection push dubbed the 'Bakken blitz' could open fault lines between freight operators and oil producers that have turned to the tracks to tote a record-high volume of flammable fuel."
Source: EnergyWire, 09/04/2013
"Coal Industry, Hill Allies Target Fine Print of Obama Climate Plan"
"Paul Bailey made the White House pitch on July 31. Flanked by six colleagues from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the coal industry’s most public voice, Bailey pressed the case for 'achievable' greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal-fired power plants."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 09/04/2013
"Nuclear Power Plays a Diminishing Role in Mix"
"The pending closure of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station is the latest in a string of planned plant retirements that many industry analysts say forecast a shrinking role for nuclear in the nation’s energy mix."
Source: Boston Globe, 09/03/2013
Connecticut Takes on Wood Furnaces
"For years, the advocacy group Environment and Human Health Inc. has led the battle against outdoor wood furnaces, claiming their smoke is bad to breathe. Now it has an ally -- Attorney General George Jepsen."
Source: Danbury News Times, 09/03/2013
"Fracking in Texas: Seen as the Future, Also Viewed With Fear"
"The Eagle Ford shale geological formation unfurls through the lower third of Texas, stretching 400 miles long and 50 miles wide from East Texas to Mexico, from Brazos County northeast of Houston to the Burgos Basin just over the border."
Source: Aljazeera America, 09/03/2013
"Descendants of Slaves Hold Out Against Coal Mining"
"DIRGIN, Texas -- Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community -- nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would grab cornbread, greens and cookies from her kitchen while their parents grew vegetables in a tiny creekside village hidden among pine forests."
Source: AP, 09/02/2013
"Americans Are Driving Less in Nearly Every State"
"After 60 years of car-worship, Americans in virtually every state are driving less, according to a new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Over the past eight years, the number of vehicle miles traveled has steadily decreased, a trend dominated by the so-called millennial generation’s much lower driving rates."
Source: Grist, 08/30/2013
"Officials OK Rule To Force Fracking On NC Landowners"
"RALEIGH -- North Carolina landowners would be forced to sell the natural gas under their homes and farms -- whether they want to or not -- under a fracking recommendation approved Wednesday that’s expected to be enacted by the state legislature this fall."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 08/30/2013
Advertisement 
