An attorney arrested while protesting a coal-fired power plant under construction in North Carolina says he's disappointed -- he had hoped his case would allow him to confront Duke CEO Jim Rogers about the "environmental disaster." More...

The state Utilities Commission rejected environmental advocates' arguments that the company is building the multibillion-dollar plant in western North Carolina to sell power outside its service area. Meanwhile, the company's CEO gets a subpoena to testify in a Cliffside protester's trial. More...

What's being billed as the largest day of political action in the planet's history aims to draw attention to solutions to the climate crisis. 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...

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...

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...

Climate justice activists should learn the lesson of the civil rights movement that getting powerful institutions to change requires behavior that isn't necessarily "nice," Ted Glick argues. More...

The latest version of key legislation to curb greenhouse gas pollution reportedly offers huge giveaways to utilities, including a North Carolina company building a new coal-fired power plant that will dump 6 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. Why is Congress rewarding polluters? More...

Newly released data shows five or more high-risk sites in 21 states -- including nine states across the South. Is your community in danger? More...

A spokesperson for the North Carolina company recently called a sustainable energy advocate a "lying son of a bitch." Will CEO Jim Rogers keep his composure when he goes up against leading NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen on "60 Minutes" this Sunday? More...

Environmental activists are increasingly engaging in Gandhian-style nonviolent resistance to dirty power, with a coalition of public-interest groups engaging in civil disobedience Monday outside Duke Energy's North Carolina headquarters to protest a massive new coal-fired power plant and others launching a hunger strike for federal climate legislation. More...

Outraged by the decision, environmental advocates plan civil disobedience over the company's Cliffside plant next month. More...

Did Duke Energy get special -- and potentially illegal -- treatment from clean air regulators in North Carolina? More...

Following in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr., climate activists are planning mass civil disobedience in the nation's capital next month to demand U.S. action on global warming. More...

To the horror of some environmentalists, the Washington Post reports that Jim Rogers may be on the short list of candidates to create the nation's new energy policy. More...

Environmental advocates are celebrating this week's federal court ruling that Duke Energy must meet tough clean air requirements for its planned coal-burning power plant in North Carolina, but many residents of Appalachia are mourning a rule that loosens restrictions on coal companies' polluting of streams with mine waste. More...

Earlier this month, 11 grassroots environmental groups in North Carolina sent a letter to Gov. Mike Easley, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the director of the state Division of Air Quality asking them to... More...

Despite his green media image, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers is facing a fight from environmental advocates over his plans to build a polluting new coal-fired power plant in western North Carolina.In the latest effort to stop the Cliffside project,... More...

Construction on Georgia's first new coal-fired power plant in decades came to a halt yesterday, thanks to a groundbreaking decision by a judge.Overturning an administrative court's earlier ruling permitting Dynegy's Longleaf plant, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings... More...