Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma flew to Denmark to attend the climate talks for three hours. Why did this notorious climate-denier even bother to make the trip? So he could proclaim to the international community that the U.S. Congress would never pass climate legislation. Oh, and that global warming...

This post originally appeared on the NRDC Action Fund blog, The Markup

The climate talks in Copenhagen are in danger of stalling out, but President Obama has the power to push them forward. If he commits to pushing Congress to give real money to help developing nations address...

Many years ago when Congress took its first vote about going into Iraq, I was on the Hill. What a stressful day it was - even more so than the normal buzz of calls between offices, queries about how each Member would vote. In the end, there was only one...

On Tuesday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency has determined that global warming pollution is a danger to human health and public welfare.

Some say that this is all about taking something to Copenhagen. President Obama can now arrive at the international climate talks with an American souvenir...

For those who missed this lovely tidbit in Wednesday’s Bloomberg story:

Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill questioned whether the Senate would have anything left for the global warming debate after it is finished with health care.

"I've not been around here a long time; I'm pretty new," McCaskill said....

The pig has hit the fan in our household.  My poor husband is laid up with H1N1 and I am playing both nursemaid and quarantine agent as my currently-well children are desperately trying to get to daddy so they can help him with his “owies.” All of this sickness and...

I am a big fan of Sunday afternoon naps.  They very rarely happen in the chaos of our household but when they do, you know it is a great day.  My husband and I put the kids down to rest, turn on an old movie, and settle in for a...

I am a Mom of two lovely kids and the job of raising them is the hardest, most rewarding experience that I have ever had.  One of the toughest parts of being a Mommy is instilling the right kind of values in hopes that my children will turn out to...

A couple of weeks ago mainstream news channels started to run stories about a new generation of thieves who are forgoing the usual dime store robberies in favor of stealing solar panels. Green websites and magazines have been reporting this phenom for a while now and have even...

In announcing her campaign for governor this week, Meg Whitman emphasized the point that she made last week in a Mercury-News Op-ed. If elected governor, she "would place a moratorium on AB-32 by executive order."

It's hard to imagine a more effective way to choke off...

You have all seen the devastating pictures of ice and glaciers melting in Alaska and at the poles.  Most of you have heard the stories of some villages in our largest state literally disappearing into the sea because of rapidly rising sea levels. Clearly, is clearly the frontlines...

I am a pretty loyal Saturday Night Live viewer.  Through the funny skits and um, the not so funny skits, I have often found myself in front of the TV at 11:30pm on Saturday waiting for someone to scream “Live from NY….”  One of my favorite skits in recent years...

This August has been pretty hard on Members of Congress. Elected officials returned home this recess to be greeted by mobs of angry "Astroturf constituents" at every turn; stalked by political-paparazzi praying for a "macaca" moment that could be viewed by the...

When I was growing up, the line between good and evil was pretty darn clear.
· Superman = good and Lex Luthor = evil;
· Batman = good and The Joker = evil; and
· My beloved Wonder Woman = good and Baroness Paula Von Gunther =...