Environment
August 22, 2008 -
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi's battered coast is regaining population but still lacks affordable housing for its poorest residents, reports USA Today. The article goes on the say:
August 22, 2008 -
Trouble the Water, directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, Zeitgeist Films, Opens August 22
August 21, 2008 -
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit this week seeking the release of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency test data for a relatively new class of pesticides that might be playing a role in what's come to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder.
August 20, 2008 -
As Facing South previously reported, Louisiana's Governor Bobby Jindal made an important commitment last week to spending a billion dollars in state funds on coastal restoration and protection projects in the coming years.
August 14, 2008 -
Fresh from his election as chair of the Southern Governors Association, Virginia Gov.
August 12, 2008 -
The Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade group for the U.S. nuclear industry, is in the process of selecting at least two rural U.S. communities to serve as potential dump sites for highly radioactive spent fuel from the nation's nuclear power plants.
August 11, 2008 -
Environmental Defense and the Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition have agreed to drop their opposition to NRG's proposed expansion of a coal-burning power facility in East Texas in exchange for a number of environmental concessions from the New Jersey-based energy company.