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?
October 7, 2011 -
North Carolina's most politically powerful unelected individual, Art Pope has spent millions pushing the state to the right. Where does his money come from, where does it go and what impact is it having?
September 29, 2011 -
At the same time Planned Parenthood faces a sweeping probe by House Republicans, states have passed an unprecedented number of laws seeking to restrict women's access to legal abortions.
September 23, 2011 -
As the number of Americans suffering from hunger reaches record levels, federal lawmakers take aim at funding for the WIC program, which feeds some of the most vulnerable among us.
August 25, 2011 -
When a massive coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee failed back in December 2008, it dumped a billion gallons of coal ash -- the toxic waste left over after burning coal -- into a nearby community and waterways.
