Electricity Generation

Frankie Knuckles

Iron Dog+The Home of Easy Credit

Seabrook Power Plant

Under Control

The Other Koch Brother

In the shadow of his brothers' Tea Party fame, Bill Koch seems almost like a normal billionaire.

Justin Vernon Announces New Bon Iver Album

​If you had asked us after 2007's For Emma, Forever Ago, or even after 2009's auto-tune adorned EP, Blood Bank, we probably would have told you Bon Iver would be crazy to put out an album during the summer. Justin Vernon had made a name for himself by capitalizing on heartbreak, exorcizing awa ... More >>

Klaus Jacob, Columbia Disaster Expert: Why Closing Indian Point Makes Sense

​In October 2008, the Voice profiled Klaus Jacob, Columbia University's expert on urban environmental disasters. In that story, we examined how the Ivy League school had ignored warnings by its own expert about expanding into areas subject to flooding because of climate change. Today we talke ... More >>

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Should Close, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo

​If an earthquake were to hit the New York area, the reactor with the highest risk of damage is Reactor 3 at Indian Point in Westchester, New York, just 24 miles from the Bronx. "The suggestion is that of all the [104] power plants across the country, that the Indian Point power plant is most ... More >>

Download: Seabrook Power Plant's Bonkers Banjo Shredfest "Lamborghini Helicopter"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​The demented power trio Seabrook Power Plant crosses many boundaries -- math-metal, art-prog, jazz, bluegrass -- but one thing remains deliriously constant: This dude can shred. The demented, frazzl ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find the Lesson of the Japanese Disaster: We Need More Nuclear Power Plants! (Plus Obama Sux!)

Last week Japan was hit by earthquake, tsunami, and volcano. As the country tries to come back from this series of disasters, donations are pouring in from world citizens. Rightbloggers are doing their part, too. They're using the catastrophe as a teachable moment to explain that Obama sucks, glob ... More >>

Japan Quake Death Toll Could Rise to 1300; Nuclear Plant Explosion Causes Radiation Leak, Fear of Meltdown

Reuters via NYT​The death toll from yesterday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan could rise to more than 1300, government officials told Japanese news media. CNN is reporting that the number of deaths is 900 and is expected to rise. Half the population of one town, Minamisanr ... More >>

The Sun is 'Waking Up' in a Crappy Mood

Two scoops of pain!​Good news! Our sun is about to enter "solar maximum," the time in its life-cycle when it's at its most active. Wait a second, that's bad news. National Geographic reports that within the next couple of years, massive sun storms will possibly knock out GPS systems, blow up p ... More >>

Glenn Branca Ascends Anew

A love connection (!) and a sequel (!!) for the downtown guitar-army god

City Universities Are Part of Bloomberg's Green Jobs Vision

Nick Jonas & the Administration

Free Will Astrology: June 30 through July 7

Vallone, Locals Protest Astoria Power Plant

Michel Gondry Celebrates the Bygone Days of VHS

Caught on tape: the best of do-it-yourself indie culture in Be Kind Rewind

Homewrecker

Cell Block

City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

Behind the Blackout

Thanks to deregulation, Queens merely a pawn in the utilities' board game

Storm Front

In global warming's kitchen, hurricanes love the heat

Asthma Goes Rural, Thanks to Amnesty for Polluters

Coal Dirt Cheap

New EPA Rule Threatens to Increase Local Pollution

It's Nucular

Republicans Plan a Hydrogen Economy—at Your Expense

Letters

Nation

Unsafe at Any Price

If Terrorists Take Down Nuclear Plants, You Pay—By the Hundreds of Billions

Sierra Club Scores Shrub's First 100 Days

Prez Not All Bad on Environment. Just Mostly.

Power Mad

The Anti-Pollution Fight Heats Up in Williamsburg

Nation

Air Wars

Activists Struggle to Link Proposed Power Plants to Asthma

Dam Shame

Activists Target Global Financiers of Chinese Eco Disaster

Shock Corridor

How a Long-Dormant Law Could Spark a Hudson Valley Power Plant Boom

Quantum Leap

Dr. Randell Mills says he can change the face of physics. The Scientfic Establishment thinks he's nuts.

Nation

Green With Envy

Pataki Wrestles Spitzer for Eco-Laurels

Tooth To Tell

Hamptonites Gather Baby Teeth To Fight Radiation