Energy

Sacrificing safety on the altar of nuclear preparedness
Interviews | Kevin C. Brown | Energy, Environment
May 7, 2014 — Kate Brown is an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the author of the new, prize-winning book, “Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic...view
Oil and gas companies still enjoying 1920 royalty rates
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti | Energy, Taxes
Nov. 20, 2013 -- Every year, private companies extract billions of dollars worth of oil and gas from federal land in states around the country. In return for their access to public land, those...view
Geiger counter
Editorial Cartoons | | Energy, Environment, Regulation
April 17, 2013 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
A prescription for Long Island: fixing the sins of privately owned utility operators with more privatization
Original Reporting | Kevin C. Brown | Energy, Infrastructure
February 13, 2013 — Hurricane Sandy, which blew through the New York metropolitan area late last October, left millions of households and businesses in the region in the dark. Few places were...view
Nuclear power plant flood risks need to be addressed with urgency
Letters to the Editor | | Energy, Infrastructure, Regulation
Dec. 20, 2012 — [In response to “Nuclear power plant flood risk: Sandy was just a warm-up,” which cites the fact that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s deadline for the first stage of its...view
Nuclear power plant flood risk: Sandy was just a warm-up
Original Reporting | Heather Rogers | Energy, Infrastructure, Regulation
Dec. 19, 2012 — As Hurricane Sandy approached the East Coast late last October, more than a dozen nuclear power plants from North Carolina stretching up to New England were in its wide-ranging path....view
Regulatory half-life
Editorial Cartoons | | Energy, Environment
Nov. 14, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Copernicus was wrong
Editorial Cartoons | | Energy, Environment, Politics
Sept. 26, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Sister, can you spare a sign?
Editorial Cartoons | | Energy, Environment, Politics
June 20, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Going prospecting
Editorial Cartoons | | Energy, Environment, Regulation
Mar. 7, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view

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