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Wisconsin regulators gave a Wisconsin utility permission Thursday to begin building a giant wind farm in southern Minnesota, opening the door for Wisconsin ratepayers to shell out millions of dollars in construction costs. Wisconsin Power & Light Co. wants to build scores of turbines on 50 square miles just north of Albert Lea, Minn., in Freeborn County. The project is expected to cost about ...
Leaders agreed that warming must be stopped, but few specifics were reached on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
“As the social order continues, it devises other ideals of social danger, among them women. In the United States today, there are more than 90,000 women in prisons. Of that number, over 80 percent are mothers, who have left more than 167,000 children behind, living in a tenuous freedom.” – Mumia Abu Jamal, “Jailhouse Lawyers”
Thursday is shaping up to be another hot one but we're not expecting to break or tie any high temperature records. It was a very different story on Wednesday when Miami tied two records. During the heat of the afternoon, 94 degree reading was recorded at Miami International Airport.
The last 22 months have been the driest on record in San Antonio, according to the National Weather Service.
Clickable map showing the impact of climate change around the world, according to latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Group of 8 summit in Italy, which turned largely into a climate change conference in the past 48 hours – agreed to limit global warming to an average of 2 degrees Celsius (3.5 degrees F).
LONDON (Dow Jones)--European stocks nudged upwards Thursday, with basic resources and bank stocks pacing the gains and some bargain-hunting helping to boost the market.
LONDON (Dow Jones)--European stocks are expected to open marginally higher Thursday, as the 2Q earnings season starts amid some reasonably positive news about global growth from the International Monetary Fund.
HYANNIS, Mass. - When Steve Burke took stock of his career prospects on the sandy peninsula of Cape Cod, Mass., the most promising path he saw was green. His steppingstone to a new line of work? A course on energy efficiency at Cape Cod Community College. “Driving a school bus, even ...
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