With the international climate talks drawing representatives from 192 nations and attracting more than 110 world leaders, there are a lot of impressive people gathering in Copenhagen. But this week I have been particularly inspired by four powerful women--women who are pointing the way toward a more sustainable future for...

We are nearing the end of two weeks of climate negotiations and heads of state are starting to arrive, but we are leagues away from an agreement that will bring the developing and developed world together.

On Monday, dozens of developing nations walked out...

As we draw closer to passing a clean energy and climate law that will create millions of jobs and curb global warming, people are debating how to achieve those goals most effectively. NRDC believes the cap and trade approach is the best way to get the job done, and...

Voices From Hopenhagen

I have been working to solve global warming for over a decade, and the news I hear from climate scientists has grown increasingly sober and grim. Yet I remain hopeful. 

I work with people every day--in business, in science, in government--who are deeply committed to solving this...

 With the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen just weeks away, Obama has a chance to push real, concrete action forward by making clean energy and climate solutions a central part of his meetings with India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

As the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, India will be...

On Wednesday, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the head of the fourth largest coal company in the nation, said in an interview that “I deny that there is any science that supports global warming.”

While it baffles me that flat-Earthers like Blankenship still exist, my response to the...

As President Obama heads to China, it is important to recognize just how much has changed in the past year. For the first time ever, an American president is traveling to Beijing with the issue of climate change at the top of his agenda. This kind of focus would have...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is hopeful that the December climate conference in Copenhagen will be elevated to the head-of-state level, assuring that the session will receive top-order attention from the world's leaders.

He told me that on Tuesday when we met in Washington, where Ban is continuing to lend his eloquent...

Last week, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said, “The green economy is coming. We can either follow or lead.”

The senator was explaining why he supports the clean energy and climate legislation that is currently before the Senate. His words remind us that this bill isn’t just about...

The Senate has started debating the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, and in just a few weeks, the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen will begin.

I have chosen this moment to release my first book, Clean Energy Common Sense.

I hope this book will inspire...

I have been an environmental advocate for more than 35 years. And throughout that time, I have written policy briefs, magazine articles, and blog posts, but never before had I been inspired to write a book.

That changed several months ago. I realized that we had arrived at a...

I love the title of Al Gore new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Not only does it broadcast the fact that global warming can be solved, but it also reminds us that the decision to do so is ours to make.

In my...

Last Friday, Senators Kerry and Boxer released a more detailed draft of the clean energy and climate legislation they introduced last month. This new version brings welcome clarity and offers an excellent starting point for Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to begin their deliberations.

The Draft Gets Key...

Two weeks ago, I gave a speech at MIT urging the students to use their ingenuity and engineering expertise to help stop global warming. It was inspiring to speak directly to young people who have the talent to help put America at the forefront of the global market for...

Just as support for clean energy and climate solutions is growing among Americans from all walks of life -- from Fortune 500 executives to Iraqi war veterans to union members -- we learn new secrets about the old forces eager to keep us hooked on dirty fossil...

I love that Huffington Post is actively encouraging readers to reduce our individual impact on the environment. By taking small steps in our daily lives—like how we get to work or where we buy our food—we can help preserve the natural systems we humans rely on to sustain us.

The game changed on Sunday. The New York Times op-ed written by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator John Kerry calling for clean energy and climate legislation transformed the debate from “maybe some time in the next year or two,” to “likely this fall.”

What makes the...

For the second time in three years, the Nobel Peace Prize has highlighted the importance of U.S. leadership in curbing global climate change. The message is unmistakable: our friends and allies around the world are counting on us to lead, while there's still time to act.

In 2007, the prize...

I still remember my first visit to a national park. I was nine years old, and my family traveled to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. For a child from Northern New Jersey, it was a revelation. I was...

I still remember my first visit to a national park. I was nine years old, and my family traveled to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. For a child from Northern New Jersey, it was a revelation. I was stunned by the scale of everything: the open sky, the unending...