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June 10, 2011

Sections of Detroit without power after heat wave

DETROIT (AP) - The spotty outages that continued Friday morning affected traffic signals, 10 public schools and a handful of…
April 22, 2011

Earth Day: We need to take our power back

OPINION - The health and wealth of our communities are under attack. Not because these companies want us to suffer…
March 2, 2011

Barbour says Obama cheers for higher gas prices

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barbour cited 2008 comments from Steven Chu, now President Barack Obama's energy secretary...
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: John Dabiri, turning jellyfish motion into wind turbine technology

TheGrio's 100 - This Nigerian-American professor at California Institute of Technology is making waves with his research on jellyfish locomotion…
July 22, 2010

Senate Democrats abandon comprehensive energy bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said no Republican was willing to back a comprehensive energy bill, a…
July 15, 2010

Obama to promote electric vehicles in Michigan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has pledged to put 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015...
June 29, 2010

Senators willing to scale back their energy bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman made the comments after meeting at the White House with fellow…
June 21, 2010

Ex-oil rig worker on BP spill: ‘An opportunity’ for African-Americans

theGRIO Q&A - Jerome Ringo worked in the oil industry for over 20 years before becoming the first African-American to…
June 18, 2010

Will Obama finally break our oil addiction?

OPINION - Words are one thing, but the terrifying reality is that to break our oil addiction, as with any…
June 16, 2010

Climate bill doubtful, despite Obama Oval Office pitch

WASHINGTON (AP) - A climate and energy bill being pushed in the U.S. Senate faces bleak prospects, despite President Obama's…
June 15, 2010

Obama’s oil spill address may have been too little, too late

OPINION - If the residents of the Gulf region and the people of this country do not see action, Obama's…
May 4, 2010

Oil spill puts people of color on slippery slope

OPINION - People of color in the U.S. and around the world have the most to lose with climate change...
April 28, 2010

Senate will take on climate before immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) - "The energy bill is ready. We will move to that more quickly than a bill we don't…
April 22, 2010

Why the environment is a civil rights issue

OPINION - Forty years after the first Earth Day, we've come a long way. But there is still work to…
April 1, 2010

Obama's new vehicle emissions standards roll in

VIDEO - The Obama administration is gearing up for the new vehicle standards that will help eliminate gas emissions set…
December 8, 2009

Obama prepares for his speech on boosting economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is promoting help for highways and small businesses, bridges and energy-efficient homes in a…
July 20, 2009

Black organizations at odds over climate bill

Last week's brouhaha between Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce [NBCC] president, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the…
July 18, 2009

Palin should spend less energy on energy

(AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry) Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced on July 3 that she was resigning her