John Christoffersen
No image available
/ 9 January 2006

Debate swirls around wind power

Giant windmills — on scenic mountain ridges, prairie grass and even an Indian reservation — are spinning an unusual debate that is dividing leading environmentalists. Wind power grew rapidly in 2005, becoming more competitive as natural gas prices jumped and crude oil prices reached record highs in the United States

No image available
/ 31 October 2005

Katrina blows voodoo out of New Orleans

The last time Don Glossop saw his customers, they were ritually burning green candles, hoping voodoo would pierce the federal bureaucracy and hasten the arrival of desperately needed relief cheques. Glossop’s shop, New Orleans Mistic, has been closed since Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans two months ago, and most of his clients have scattered across the country.