Global Warming
Company demands rate hike for new coal plant
April 12, 2010Despite claims coal energy is cheaper than green energy, Consumers Energy wants to impose an 8.5 percent rate hike to pay for a new coal-fired plant in Michigan.
Read moreHeaven help us if we don’t heed his call
April 9, 2010Decades from now, climate scientist James Hansen will occupy a prominent place in our history books, but what we don't know now is whether humankind will heed his alarm or go on with business as usual.
Read moreClimate change legislation – one of the next big battles
April 7, 2010Among the next big things — climate change legislation looms large.
Read moreGreen – a different kind of Texas tea
February 23, 2010SAN ANTONIO--When far-right Tea Party radicals held their meeting here on Sunday, February 21, Texas progressives were ready for them.
Read moreObama’s nuclear power plan assailed as costly and misguided
February 22, 2010President Obama's announcement of $8 billion in loan guarantees for two new nuclear reactors has drawn virtually unanimous opposition from environmental groups.
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