Georgia Power rendering of proposed Plant Vogtle Southern Co.’s proposed expansion of Plant Vogtle near Augusta is expected to become the first nuclear power plant out the gate today with a federal loan guarantee in an expected rush toward more nuclear plants spurred by need to cut greenhouse gas pollution. The Associated Press reported over the [...]

North DeKalb residents may succeed in keeping a proposed biomass plan out of a densely developed district near their homes, the AJC reports. The article describes the he-said/he-said debate between not-in-by-backyard activists and Southeast Renewable Energy, which has proposed a facility that would generate electricity through the gasification of waste wood products. The plant would be [...]

It sounds non-sensical but “global warming” could be contributing to the snowstorms like the one that hit Atlanta today. Climate modelers have long predicted that much of the Eastern seaboard is likely to see more rain and snow over the next few years because warmer temperatures pull more moisture in the atmosphere that eventually will return [...]

Here’s a provocative argument that draws a link between the issue of climate change and sprawling metro areas like Atlanta. In an interview with Grist, prominent environmental editor Alex Steffen argues that environmental groups are largely ignoring a key battle line in the debate over climate change. Cities sit on one side of that divide and [...]

Eight days of civil disobedience at the Coal River mountaintop removal mine in West Virginia has largely notice from the national media. But it has all the markings of a significant act of civil disobedience. There’s a cause: The fight against more mountaintop removal of coal, which by any measure is an extremely destructive form of [...]

Top brass discussed the potential impact of climate change on national security and military assets at a meeting of the American Meterological Society Tuesday. Rear Admiral David Titley said there is strong evidence that old arctic ice has melted much faster than new ice can replace it. It’s a trend that scientists predict could someday yield [...]

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s constituents live as far as you can get in North America from the stomping grounds of the Southern Co. But the Alaska politicias still is among the biggest beneficiaries political largess from the Atlanta-based parent company that owns Georgia Power. Murkowski came under fire last week for gobbling up more campaign money [...]

Trying to separate fact from fiction when it comes to climate change has become more and more difficult. In two columns over the last two weeks for the Mother Nature Network, I picked the 10 Best Tall Tales by Climate Change Deniers in 2009. The columns document where what you may be hearing about climate [...]

It was a banner year for myth making about climate change. Despite mounting evidence that temperatures are rising, the deniers’ camp spun bigger, better and more believable tall tales than ever before. And those stories worked like a charm in 2009. Amplified by broadcast bloviators and a compliant mainstream media, advocates for burying our collective head [...]

An Atlanta-based group best known for its trying to get President Clinton disbarred is now petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to abandon its push to protect the public from climate change. On Dec. 7, the EPA issued an “finding” that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse pollutants endanger public health and therefore should be controlled by [...]