The Heretic is Environmental Theatre that Makes You Think Twice : TreeHugger

It helps that it stars Juliet Stevenson, one of the most interesting actresses on the theatre scene. Playing a scientist and skeptic, the dialogue with her colleague makes for some of the sharpest and funniest parts of the play.

Stevenson is the university professor, a scientist wedded to hard facts, not politics. Her colleague, formerly her lover, now her boss, is more practical: he sees that Earth Sciences is trendy, finally, and wants to take advantage of the businesses who are interested in donating to the faculty. That means that Stevenson cannot publish the article that finds that sea levels in the Maldives are not rising.

It is interesting that the playwright chose the Maldives as the area of expertise; it makes the drama, and skepticism, edgier because we all know that the country is in trouble due to climate change--don't we? As she reels off her arguments and facts with such finesse, one begins to wonder whether maybe she has something.

Winter battle heats up for state utilities - Connecticut Post

Connecticut water, gas and electric companies have had their hands full this winter getting at the network of pipes and cables damaged by a wild New England winter.

GOP Bill to Remove New Hampshire from Carbon Trading Pact Moves Forward | Reuters

Republicans in New Hampshire's legislature took their first step toward withdrawing the state from a regional carbon trading program this month, passing a bill out of committee that advocates say may have enough support to override a potential veto by Gov. John Lynch.

The move is representative of a nationwide trend by newly GOP-dominated state legislatures and governors' seats to repeal climate change and renewable energy policies.