Does wind-energy production lead to higher incomes and more jobs for local residents? A study of counties in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains indicates that answer may be yes.

]President Obama suggests it’s time to sell the beleaguered Tennessee Valley Authority, an “experiment” that began with promise but delivered a series of failures. In a strange twist of fate, a Democratic president is in a stronger position to accomplish what his Republican predecessors could only dream of – getting rid of one of the first creations of FDR's New Deal.

Declining coal production is hurting Appalachia’s economy, which was already in rough shape. Scholars are looking at Wales, which lost its coal economy in the 1980’s, for lessons on how Appalachia might address its economic future.

Rural resistance has helped slow down the expansion of renewable energy production. It doesn't have to be that way. For the President's green-energy plans to succeed, he needs to reach out to the rural leaders who are ready to act on climate change.