Some politicians will say anything to gain from the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. 

Anyone watching the news knows that pump prices are rising because world-wide demand is recovering after the recession, oil traders are speculating over turmoil in the Middle East, and U.S. oil companies are only...

Sidewalk prophets of doom and Washington lobbyists know the best time to hype an “end of the world” story is just before the world is scheduled to come to an end.  But the sidewalks are littered with the placards of doomsayers whose predictions flopped. 

That’s why industry lobbyists have...

A year ago, the House of Representatives passed clean energy and climate legislation that would put America on the road towards the carbon pollution reductions we desperately need for our economic, environmental, and national security. 

Today, in a House appropriations subcommittee,...

As the President and Senators consider their options on energy and climate legislation, it’s important to be clear about what will move the country forward and what will move it backward.  Will our leaders put us on the road towards the carbon...

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced S. 3464 – dubbed the “Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act” – on June 6, 2010.  The bill’s biggest flaw is that it establishes no overall limit or price signal on the carbon pollution that is...

They say truth is the first casualty in war.  Senator Murkowski is leading a war to destroy the Clean Air Act as a tool to combat climate change.  Her resolution to veto the Environmental Protection Agency’s science-based “endangerment” finding comes...

The big news yesterday was the heart-breaking story of Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga's almost Perfect Game. Galaragga was robbed of this ultimate achievement by an umpire's blown call on what should have been the final out of yesterday's game against the...

In the quest for 60 votes for climate and energy legislation, one essential group is a manufacturing caucus of about a dozen Senators, led by Sherrod Brown (D-OH).  Last summer, and again last month, the “Brown Dogs” (as they are...

Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) unveiled today the long-awaited draft of their American Power Act.  The launch of their bill kicks off an intensive effort to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation in the Senate this...

In her recent floor speech attacking the Clean Air Act as a tool to protect Americans from global warming, Senator Lisa Murkowski made error after error on how the nation’s most successful pollution control law works, how it will...

The Copenhagen climate deal that President Obama hammered out Friday night with the leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa broke through years of negotiating gridlock to achieve three critical goals.  First, it provides for real cuts in heat-trapping carbon pollution by all of the world’s big emitters. ...

The Copenhagen climate summit is coming to its moment of truth, and all eyes will be on the United States and China. Together these two countries account for 42 percent of world CO2 emissions. One is responsible for the largest share of past emissions; the other for the largest share...

On September 30th, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.  This important step toward enacting effective and sustainable climate and energy policy will help power our economic recovery by investing...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will give California the long-awaited green light to enforce its landmark standards to cut global warming pollution from new motor vehicles.

This is a major step in implementing the clean car...

At long last, the Environmental Protection Agency today officially recognized that the carbon pollution from our cars and power plants leads to killer heat waves, stronger hurricanes, higher smog levels, and many other direct and indirect threats to human...

Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey today released their long-awaited "discussion draft" of the American Clean Energy and Security Act - a bold starting point for passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation through Congress this year.

Release of...

Just a short time ago, the nation's biggest automakers -- including General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler -- had Washington tied up in knots and California bent around the axle. But last week President Obama put the nation on a new path towards cleaner, more efficient cars.

-The president...