by JACOB FISCHLER | Nov 13, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Warning of crushing economic impacts if a tax break for the wind energy industry expires at the end of the year, a bipartisan group of governors joined Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Tuesday in urging Congress to renew the tax credit. Iowa Gov....
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Nov 9, 2012 | Business & Tech, Environment, Sports
WASHINGTON — Green is more than a team color for the Philadelphia Eagles. By the end of the year the team’s stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, will generate enough energy from 14 wind turbines and 11,000 solar panels to power every home game. “One of the...
by LINYI ZHANG | Nov 8, 2012 | Environment
Bluefin tuna has been extraordinarily valued in global market. It fetched a record $736,000 in the auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market earlier this year. (Medill/LiLi Tan) WASHINGTON – Environmental advocates called Thursday for tighter regulations on illegal...
by LINYI ZHANG | Nov 1, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON – The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster — one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan —nless the government more closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates and activists said. “This is like the Titanic that...
by Benjamin Bowman | Oct 31, 2012 | Environment, Politics, Topics
Mayor Gray’s task force reported that it no longer expects extensive flooding in the D.C. metropolitan area. The mayor toured the District of Columbia on Tuesday to assess damages from Hurricane Sandy. Gray, along with his Emergency Management Task Force,...
by JACOB FISCHLER | Oct 26, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, in a plan for his second term released this week, is touting the economic benefits of natural gas in a way he never did four years ago as a candidate. The shift reflects a new political reality — prices are down for natural...
