On a remote location of 2.4 million acres in north central South Dakota, wind is the focus of the tribal government and the 8,000 members living on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation.

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In late April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is supposed to be built on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington, New Mexico.

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According to a report featured in E&E News on April 28, residents of low income and minority communities are breathing disproportionately dirtier air than other Americans.

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Last week, Jim Lyons of Oxfam America spoke at the 21st annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The topic of this year's forum was "Striving for Peace: A Climate for Change." Dr. Richard Alley, professor of Geosciences at Penn State and contributing scientist with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, gave the keynote address at the forum, while Fresh Energy's J. Drake Hamilton and Kate Ellis also spoke about federal climate change legislation.

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This is great news! Author and activist Van Jones, who recently added to his credentials by having his book on the New York Times bestseller list, will be a special adviser to President Obama for green jobs, enterprise and innovation.

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Maybe you didn't know it, but today, over 9,000 bloggers are talking about poverty. It's Blog Action Day, a day where thousands of bloggers talk about one issue in their own unique way. Here's a quick breakdown on how poverty fits into some of Fresh Energy's key issues.

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