Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Duke Energy Corporation published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 211
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-18
•
Next >
-
Marriage amendment vote puts national focus on North Carolina
PITTSBORO, N.C. — With voting already underway for Tuesday's primary in this moderate Southern state, the discourse has been dominated not by candidates, but by a bitterly contested measure known as Amendment 1. If approved, it would be among the...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Advertising, Gun Control, Customs and Tradition, Religion and Belief
-
Michael Hiltzik: Is a nuclear renaissance in the offing?
America’s nuclear power industry has been pronounced dead almost as often as Rasputin, so it may be a testament to the nation’s appetite for electricity that it’s still looking ahead to a renaissance. The industry’s strongest...
Tags: Southern California Edison Company, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Politics, Charlotte, Renewable Energy
-
Democrats give special interests a role at convention
WASHINGTON — As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to squelch the role of special interests in financing the party conventions — so he barred corporations and lobbyists from contributing money to this year's national convention in...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Charity
-
Getting on a low-carbon diet
President Bush will probably succeed in blocking any serious effort to combat global warming until he leaves office. But for the next president, the question will be how, not whether, to reduce American emissions of carbon dioxide and the other gases...Tags: Pollution, Auction Service, Political Candidates, Environmental Issues, Services and Shopping
-
Time to tax carbon
IF YOU HAVE KIDS, take them to the beach. They should enjoy it while it lasts, because there's a chance that within their lifetimes California's beaches will vanish under the waves. Global warming will redraw the maps of the world. The U.N.'s...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
-
Carbon trading won't work
MICHAEL K. DORSEY, assistant professor on Dartmouth College's faculty of science, teaches in the environmental studies program.Economists, some environmentalists and a growing gaggle of politicians are pushing a grand strategy that a market mechanism — known as "carbon cap and trade" — can rescue us fastest from a climate catastrophe. But early evidence suggests...Tags: Education, Kyoto (Japan), Auction Service, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Issues
-
Gifts Flow, as Does the Access
Times Staff WritersSACRAMENTO — When Richard Costigan resigned as lobbyist for the Chamber of Commerce last November, the business group chipped in for a $589 farewell gift, a wood-and-glass model of the domed Capitol where Costigan went to work for Arnold...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, National Basketball Association, Movies, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Gray Davis
-
Duke Energy customers to absorb Edwardsport Plant's $700K overage
The cost of a new Duke Energy plant is coming in way over budget and that's driving up the price of your energy bill. The Edwardsport Coal Plant has been under construction since 2007. Duke set a cost ceiling at $2.6 million but the estimated cost is now...
-
N.C. voting on restrictive marriage amendment
Los Angeles Times (MCT)PITTSBORO, N.C. -- With voting already under way for Tuesday's primary in this moderate Southern state, the discourse has been dominated not by candidates, but by a bitterly contested measure known as Amendment 1. If approved, it would be among the most...Tags: Politics, Marriage, Career and Workplace, Billy Graham, Advertising
-
Chrysler Delivers Plug-in Minivan Test Fleet
KickingTiresIt's been awhile since we've heard any electric-car news from Chrysler; its ENVI electric car division dissolved when bankruptcy struck the company in 2009. It looks like an alternative-fuel program is back in the form of a fleet of plug-in......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Companies and Corporations, Charlotte, Chrysler Group LLC
-
Green Wheels: A promising plug-in hybrid dies
The news was saddening and, for me, totally out of the blue: one of my favorite EV companies was closing. Since it was launched in 2008, I've been closely following an Indiana-based company called Bright Automotive, which came up with a great plug-in...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
-
Marion Co. jury indicts former IURC chairman
A Marion County grand jury indicted the former chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) on three felony counts Monday.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced David Lott Hardy was indicted on three counts of official...Tags: Crimes, Prosecution, Justice System, Trials, Lawyers
May 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 11, 2007
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 28, 2007
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 1, 2007
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 7, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 30, 2012
|Column| WXIN-LTV
May 6, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Apr 19, 2012
|Blog| Cars.com
Mar 7, 2012
|Story| WTXX-LTV
Dec 12, 2011
|Column| WXIN-LTV
Original site for Duke Energy Corporation topic gallery.
