Brayton Point coal-fired power plant confirmed for shut down by 2017
The owner of the primarilycoal-firedBrayton PointPower Station in Somerset, Mass., has said the plant will be closed as scheduled in 2017, The Boston Globe reported.EquiPower ...
Oil companies think they'll win renewable-fuels battle
The oil industry is increasingly optimistic that it will prevail in a high-stakes battle for a piece of the United States' declining gasoline market.
Virginia lawmakers fight for coal, send message to Obama
Eighty-five members of the Virginia General Assembly are sending a unified message of opposition to President Barack Obama as it relates to controversial new rules ...
Michigan lawmakers respond to President Barack Obama's State of the Union
Congressman Fred Upton 'pleased with the President's tone' in State of the Union address
In the State of the Union, Obama pledges strong action on climate
During President Obama's speech tonight, he announced many different ways he would use the executive branch to pursue strong action on climate change.
Study suggests air pollution in the Santa Monica mountains is harming native plants, increasing fire risk
Initial results from experiments conducted in the Santa Monica Mountains by a botanist at the University of California, Riverside and her colleagues indicate that high ...