The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing buffer areas to protect national marine sanctuaries, vulnerable habitat, fisheries and coastal communities dependent upon the tourism industry. More...

A recent study by staff with the Nature Conservancy purports to show that renewable energy sources like wind turbines use up more land than coal mining -- a conclusion debunked by Dr. Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices. More...

New information out from the federal government shows that the shift to renewable energy is already underway -- and sustainability advocates say Congress should keep this trend in mind as it moves forward with climate legislation. More...

Just days after Senate leaders announced plans to delay consideration of legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a new coalition of environmental, justice, faith and veterans groups launched a campaign to make sure the bill stays on Washington's radar. More...

Americans for Prosperity, a lobby group working to promote polluters' economic interests, is using the controversy over the president's green jobs advisor to attack the climate bill as a "watermelon" -- "green on the outside but Communist red to the core." More...

A coalition of more than 300 grassroots groups will be delivering letters this week to the local offices of U.S. senators calling for tougher regulations on greenhouse gas pollution than what's now being considered. More...

Inspired by the corporate-backed protest movement against health insurance reform, an alliance founded and funded by the oil industry and other business interests opposed to greenhouse gas regulation is planning a series of rallies against climate legislation. More...

It turns out that a P.R. firm working on behalf of the coal lobby forged letters from groups representing women and senior citizens as well as blacks and Hispanics. A lawmaker is demanding answers. More...

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says it's "outraged" that a firm working on its behalf forged anti-climate bill letters that appeared to come from minority advocacy groups. But it's not the first time ACCCE has been linked to deceptive practices -- we busted them last year for a misleading phone call on other climate legislation. More...

Bonner & Associates, a Washington firm that specializes in creating what look like grassroots movements which are in fact funded by corporate interests, is busted forging anti-climate bill letters to a Virginia congressman that appear to come from the NAACP and a Hispanic nonprofit. More...

Moody's Investors Service warns that it will probably take a "more negative view" of bonds issued by companies seeking to build new nuclear reactors. Will electricity customers end up paying the price? More...

Federal lawmakers want to create a new independent agency to promote government investment in clean energy, but watchdogs say it's structured in a way that's unfair to taxpayers and bad for the environment. How did the plan end up being so biased toward expensive and polluting nuclear power? More...

Should burning dirty coal and scrap tires really count as "alternative energy" under law? West Virginia's governor and legislature say yes -- despite the risks to the climate and environmental health. More...

Southern lawmakers demonstrated considerable hostility to the Waxman-Markey climate act in Friday's vote approving the measure. Is that simply a reflection of the conservative region's partisan bent, or is something else going on here? More...

A Senate hearing on the destructive mining practice suggests a consensus is developing that it needs to stop. More...

As the vote nears for the Waxman-Markey bill, opponents spread questionable information about its economic impact. What will the bill really cost Americans -- and how does that compare to the cost of inaction? More...

A protest yesterday at a Massey Energy mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia drew big names including NASA climate scientist James Hansen and actress Darryl Hannah as well as scores of counter-protesters, and it reportedly turned violent at moments. On Thursday, the Senate will hold a hearing on the impact of the destructive mining practice -- but will elected leaders take action to stop it? More...

The North Carolina-based utility recently signed a deal to dramatically cut energy demand at a cost of 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour. So why did it then announce plans to build a dangerous and polluting new nuclear plant that will cost upwards of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour? More...

A new federal report documents the changes the U.S. South has already experienced because of global warming and warns of more dangerous disruption to come if we fail to rein in carbon emissions. Are we doing enough to address the problem? More...

In a victory for environmentalists working to halt the destruction of Appalachia, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee resigned his position with Massey Energy of Virginia. He was the target of a letter-writing campaign that charged the association undermined his credibility as a clean-energy advocate. More...