by Randy Leonard | Nov 16, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON–A Canadian firm said it will consider alternatives to avoid sending a controversial pipeline through the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills of Nebraska. Last week, President Barack Obama backed the decision by his State Department to delay until 2013 a...
by Randy Leonard | Nov 7, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
It’s called the low-hanging fruit of green energy: personal efficiency. Programming a thermostat, pre-heating an oven for only as long as necessary, and, of course — as every child has been told, repeatedly — turning off the lights. But, as every...
by Randy Leonard | Oct 27, 2011 | Topics
WASHINGTON — The Army Corps of Engineers says it desperately needs about $1 billion to repair the damage from this year’s catastrophic flooding in the Missouri and Mississippi basins. Last spring brought as much as 10 times the normal amount of rainfall to the...
by Randy Leonard | Oct 19, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Like other states that have suffered from epic rains in recent months, Vermont is looking to improve the way it handles flood control. States in the Midwest and South experienced unprecedented flooding caused by snowpacks triple the normal size and...
by Randy Leonard | Oct 13, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Though legislation to expand energy conservation efforts drew a mixed response at a Senate hearing Thursday, a utility that promotes such efforts services received bipartisan support. At a hearing of the Green Jobs and the New Economy subcommittee...
