Energy and Environment
November 13, 2009 -
Charges were dismissed today against Ken Davies, an attorney from Charlotte, N.C. who was arrested earlier this year during a civil disobedience action against Duke Energy's new Cliffside coal-fired power plant now under construction in western North Carolina.
November 12, 2009 -
Earlier this year President Obama canceled the federal government's plans to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and weapons facilities at the controversial Yucca Mountain site in Nevada -- but now there are concerns that South Carolina could become a permanent dumping ground for the dangerous waste.
November 11, 2009 -
The North Carolina Utilities Commission handed a setback last week to environmental activists working to halt construction of Duke Energy's new coal-fired power plant at its Cliffside facility in the western part of the state.
November 10, 2009 -
A civil lawsuit
November 10, 2009 -
Environmental and public health watchdogs have vowed to increase their scrutiny of the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement in the wake of the Senate's approval last week of President Obama's controversial choice to head the agency.
November 3, 2009 -
The U.S.