by Randy Rieland. Now that our summer with the Senate is over — it was a lot like watching reruns of a show you didn’t like the first time around — it’s time to move on to something with a pulse. And what could be better than dueling road shows? Tools on the Hill: On one side you have the enviro coalition Clean Energy Works . Next week, it will kick off its “CarnivOIL” 25-city tour.

More on SKCEA.org:

• Global Nuclear Generation Capacity Falls
  Washington, D.C.—Due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011, according to the latest Vital Signs Online (VSO) report from the Worldwatch Institute. Despite reaching reco...
• Scientists find fastest deep ocean current near Antarctica
  Scientists have discovered a fast-moving deep ocean current with the volume of 40 Amazon Rivers near Antarctica that will help researchers monitor the impacts of climate change on the world's oceans. A team of Australian and Japanese scientists, in a study published in Sunday's i...
• Disappearing American bats are worth up to $53 billion
  by Christopher Mims. Bats eat a lot of bugs. Here are some living under a bridge in Austin , Texas that eat millions of pounds of pests every season. What happens if those bats are wiped out in a few years -- as it looks like they could be -- by a combination of wind turbines an...
• Meet the Survival characters – Scalloped hammerhead
  Name: Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) Stats: Status – Endangered (EN) Length - up to 430 cm Weight - up to 152 kg ...
• A Turtle Success Story in the Philipines
  In 2011, green sea turtles laid a staggering 1.44 million eggs on just one island in the Philippines thanks to conservation efforts, breaking all previous records. The graceful and enigmatic green turtle faces a variety of threats globally, and as a result is classified as Endang...