My great hope for President Obama's next term is a comprehensive set of energy policies that will meaningfully address climate change. But I don't expect immediate action. Given the combination of obstructionist House Republicans and the looming issues of debt and immigration reform, Obama will have a hard time implementing...

Is it better to be lucky or good? In the case of climate change, President Obama may want to start investing in horseshoes and four-leaf clovers. The widespread attention to Hurricane Sandy, just a week before the election, has finally injected this vital issue into the national dialogue. Even Businessweek...

Americans are often described as energy addicts. Given the deep dependence of nearly every aspect of American life on fossil fuels, the analogy is understandable. But thinking of ourselves as addicts may not help us reach our desired energy future. We would be better served by realizing we are energy...

Natural gas is often touted as a bridge fuel: an interim step between the heavily polluting fossil fuels we depend on today and the clean renewable energy systems we hope for tomorrow. But the infrastructure we deploy to increase natural gas may actually inhibit the transition to solar and wind...

The Keystone XL Pipeline shows little sign of going away. Despite the Obama administration's decision to reject the first proposal, it is widely expected that TransCanada will submit a revised plan in the coming months. And in the meantime, the pipeline continues to attract powerful backers and opponents....

The U.S. State Department announced on January 19th that they would deny the current application for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry petroleum from Canada's oil sands through the Midwest to refineries in Texas. It was a good decision. The pipeline's proponents will likely submit a revised...