Energy efficiency program improves 139 local homes
Samella Degraffen Reid’s home much more comfortable now than it used to be, and that’s the most important thing for her.
Froma Harrop: The sun is rising on solar panels
On the average sunny day, Germany’s huge energy grid gets 40 percent of its power from the sun. Guess what happened one recent morning when the sun went into eclipse. Nothing.
Beat the heat without breaking the bank
If you’re like most people, when you get home from work everything gets turned on. The thermostat is set to Antarctica, the oven is cooking and ceiling fans are circulating. It can all lead to high bills.
Next generation biofuels still years away
NEW YORK — The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation’s energy supply, after years of
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
CORYDON, Iowa — The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away
Gov’t: Most heating bills to rise this winter
The government forecast Tuesday that most households will pay more for heat this winter. Heating oil users will catch a slight break, but still pay
Barbour could still shape state policies
JACKSON– Once a governor, always a governor in Mississippi. The title never fades, even when the time in office expires. However, with his recent re-entry
Barbour: U.S. needs variety of energy sources
RIDGELAND — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Tuesday defended a coal-fired power plant that’s under construction in Kemper County, saying the U.S. should develop
Governor, energy experts to meet on MSU campus
Gov. Phil Bryant, along with energy-industry leaders will convene on the campus of Mississippi State University Wednesday for “Powering Mississippi in the 21st Century,” a program examining the state’s energy future.
EPA eyes Kerr-McGee land for renewable energy site
An abandoned Superfund site in the city may see new life as a solar energy producer.
The city of Columbus is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to consider a solar panel farm at the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Plant. The EPA announced earlier this month it will study the site to determine what kind and whether a renewable energy facility can be built on the property at 2300 14th Ave. N.
Jay Lacklen: Vacation revelations
A May vacation to Spain via military space-available transportation presented two revelations I had not anticipated or sought. I thought relaxation and sightseeing would be my most stringent tasks, yet events impinged.