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As President Obama prepares to set foot on Chinese soil for the first time today, the United States and China, the globe's leading greenhouse gas producers, are engaged in a classic standoff.

Tar sands oil production is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada and was recently cited as one of the most important reasons Canada will miss its Kyoto targets by over 30%.

I thought it would be fun to speculate at how Waxman and Markey might have responded if they were required to answer each question directly, without being "politically correct."

Republican opponents of climate legislation told the public that a cap-and-trade bill would impose a "light switch tax." It was a witty and effective slogan used to scare voters.

The state legislature, under the influence of the utility lobby, is turning a blind eye to the survival strategy of a dinosaur responsible for close to half of the CO2 emissions in the state.

At this legislative crossroads, the nation is on the verge of deciding to store vast quantities of CO2 -- not in the atmosphere any longer -- but in the Earth instead.

It is stunning to see an accurate and honest assessment of what our continued reliance on coal would mean: a crime against the climate. And clean coal? A 50 percent increase in electricity rates.

The coal industry accounts for 25% of greenhouse gases in the US. If they don't clean up, coal will be one of the biggest industries penalized under a new cap and trade program proposed by both presidential candidates.