Just a few weeks ago, the boardwalk on Long Beach, New York was dismantled. The boardwalk's fixtures - bike riders, strollers, and elderly bench-sitters - are gone.

I grew up in Long Beach. I spent countless hours there walking with my grandparents, racing bikes with my brother, riding the carousel,...

In just 14 days, one prospect for a cleaner environment could sail right over the fiscal cliff.

That's because key incentives for continuing to develop clean, renewable wind power -- the renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and offshore wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) -- are set to expire...

Forty years ago today, Congress passed the Clean Water Act in response to citizens' demands to stop the pollution of our rivers, lakes and streams. But like many big birthdays, the Clean Water Act's 40th is both a moment for celebration and a reminder of work yet to be done.

President Obama had good reason to stand tall as he touted his commitment to clean energy and to environmental and public health protections in his Jan. 24 State-of-the-Union address and as he unveiled his 2013 budget on Monday.

During his administration, America has made historic progress toward curbing harmful pollutions...

It is a monumental day for the health of our families and the planet.

For the first time in American history, the president and his EPA have committed to protecting our families from harmful mercury pollution from power plants -- even in the face of intense lobbying...

These days, there aren't many silver linings in the fight against global warming.

Headlines bring daily reminders of the impact human activities are having on the climate -- intense drought in California, record wildfires in Texas and Arizona, heat waves in the Gulf states, massive floods across Vermont, retreating glaciers,...

At long last, America is taking steps to end our dangerous addiction to oil. With two announcements in the same number of weeks, the Obama administration announced plans that will require every new vehicle on the road to go farther on a gallon of gas, reducing the risk of more...

Our leaders in Washington seem to know no limits. While the nation was focused on the debt ceiling debacle, the most anti-environmental assault ever perpetrated on our health and natural resources, Interior Appropriations bill H.R. 2584, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. Rather than...

We are experiencing an environmental disaster perhaps beyond any the nation has ever known. An explosion nearly two weeks ago at BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig tragically left 11 workers dead and multiple leaks in a pipe 5,000 feet below the water's surface.

Although the...

I have enormous respect for Senator Kerry, his perspective and his incredibly hard work to craft a bill in the U.S. Senate to deal with global warming. Especially impressive is his effort to build support across the aisle and from unlikely allies.

As Senators Kerry and...

This week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is expected to unveil its version of clean energy and climate legislation. The new bill will arrive just a week after the release of a sobering United Nations report that concluded that the impacts of global warming are arriving faster than...

"'There's a point in time where hope and history rhyme.' I think we have now reached that [point] on the issue of energy and global warming."
-- Congressman Ed Markey, quoting the poet Seamus Heaney, upon passage of the Waxman-Markey bill 11 days ago.

If you're like many...