Ohio

More than 300,000 Minnesotans – and millions across the United States – are poised to take advantage of new job opportunities in the growing "green" economy, according to a new report released by a group of labor and environmental organizations.

I don’t know if you caught it, but the whole Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama flap over NAFTA exposed a dirty little secret: The North American Free Trade Agreement isn’t about American jobs or cheap Mexican labor—it’s about Canadian oil....

As the battle over coal plants in Western Kansas rages, two bloggers go head-to-head with positions and solutions. Part 1

The next phase of the developing Jeffrey Place in Italian Village may be in line for national recognition as an environmentally friendly Columbus neighborhood.

Columbus and 11 other Central Ohio cities banded together to sign a "green pact". This pact will tighten neighborhood relations and assist in helping this communities work together towards green goals.

Columbus is getting ready to start construction on a new streetcar line. This will be the first commuter rail line in Columbus in nearly 30 years. Downtown is lacking in alternative modes of transportation and the new streetcar will help to shuttle residents, visitors, students and workers all over the downtown area.

Despite facing several challenges, local Columbus-area restaurants are taking recycling into their own hands.

Representatives from states across the U.S. speak in a conference cosponsored by the National Association of State Energy Officials about their challenges facing a winter with rising heating and fuel costs, particularly trouble low-income Americans will have paying heating bills with diminishing grants available at the same time of rising heatingcosts.

One untapped renewable resource is wind power on the Great Lakes. A Canadian-government commissioned study in 2005 showed thatthere's enough wind on the Great Lakes to generate up to 47,000 megawatts of electricity. That's almost five times the capacity of Ontario's aging nuclear stations.

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute and the American Solar Energy Society unveil a new study that finds that "green collar" jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency generate nearly $1 trillion today and that figure could grow to $4.5 trillion by 2030. Presenters present the case study of the state of Ohio as an incubator of such jobs.

The Chairman, President and CEO of the largest coal-burning utility in the United States, Michael Morris discusses the use of coal and clean coal technologies relative to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Morris also discusses the coming legislative outlook and the future of nuclear energy in this United States Energy Association Newsmaker moderated by Grant Stockdale.

It's looking like it: according to the Springfield News-Sun, "Backers of renewable energies are ratcheting efforts to get passed this fall legislation mandating that 20 percent of Ohio's total energy come from wind energy production." Supporters of a statewide renewable energy standard believe the time is right, as Gov. Ted Strickland will also be introducing his comprehensive energy plan for Ohio by the end of the year, and many expect him the plan to call for a reduced dependence on coal for electricity production.

A photoblog of the Ohio Floods and other weird weather photos.