Utilities

Utilities Under Siege

Hilary Kramer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Charlie Crist, FPL Group, Utility Companies, Utilities, Utility Costs, Hilary Kramer, Business News

Energy regulators in this country should be guardians of the public trust and competent enough to ensure our long-term energy needs are met. In many recent cases, it appears neither is true.

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The Walls Come Tumbling Down: Is Stonewalling Finally Over on Energy?

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Energy, Utilities, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Fossil Fuels, Climate Bill, Green News

Now that even the most staunch critics have conceded that the US needs to reduce emissions, it's time to stop sitting on our hands and commit to weaning off fossil fuels.

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Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Herbicide, Indiana, Epa, Ohio, Utilities, Filtration, Lawsuit, Syngenta, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Atrazine, Filter, Kansas, Weed-Killer, Tillery, Water, Missouri, Illinois, Drinking Water, Green News

Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

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What is Work? Finding Your True Career in Life's Second Act

Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Law, Dartmouth College, Human Rights, Work, Environment, Utilities, Careers, Work-Life Balance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Kennedy-School-of-Government, Harvard, Career Change, Happiness, Living News

Seconds acts are ours for the making. This concept was brought home to me as I chatted with John Sherman III -- a man whose professional story embodies the "yes, we can!" principle of positive second pro-act-ion.

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What's The Matter With Kansas? The Fight Against Big Coal Hits the State Legislature, with National Repercussions.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Supreme Court, Energy, Carbon Emissions, HB 2182, Air Quality Permit, Massachusetts v. EPA, Greenhouse Gas, Utilities, House Bill, Heather Mueller, Colorado, Kathleen Sebelius, Scott Allegrucci, Coal, Clean Air Act, Epa, Climate and Energy Project, Climate Change, Mercury, Roderick Bremby, Sunflower Electric Cooperative, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Gpace, Holcomb, Cep, Green News

If built, the plants in Holcomb, Kansas will belch out about 11 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, to become the largest new source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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Storms Wipe Out Utilities, States Rethinking Budgets

Wall Street Journal | REBECCA SMITH | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Storms, State Budgets, Utilities, State Maintenance Budgets, Public Utilities, Business News

A winter storm that knocked out power to more than 1.3 million homes and businesses from Arkansas to Ohio is likely to increase state inquiries into u...

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