Climate Policy

Blame it on the recession or natural gas prices or politics or whatever else. But we cannot deny that we are in green financial crisis, and one that is steadily worsening.

If China and the U.S. aim to bring their own version of "Linsanity" to climate and energy policy under new leadership, then both countries must pursue active and open dialogue and seek middle ground in the current race of self-interest.

While I do not hold out much hope for a new U.S. climate bill this year, there are plenty of other actions now underway. Young people understand the challenges of global sustainability and I am convinced that the situation is far from hopeless.

The EU's move on aviation emissions is leading the way on climate, potentially triggering an upward spiral of climate regulation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- American Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was putting a hold on its plans for a commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and stora...

Driving change and convincing people that green is good for business requires logic, facts, examples ... but also passion, emotion, and yes, cheerleading. What's wrong with celebrating every now and then?

Denise Bode is America's leading wind energy advocate and all the conversations she's hearing in Cancún are about exciting wind projects across the globe -- except in America.

If we are going to de-carbonize our economy, we have to de-polarize the politics surrounding the conversation. No major environmental law has ever passed without substantial bipartisan support.

In the aftermath of the midterm elections, it's unlikely that Washington can overcome the crippling gridlock in Congress. Yet one critical opportunity for bipartisan compromise stands out among the rest: energy policy.

We are a contradictory species, and no more so than here in Australia. The nation that gave birth to green politics is also among the planet's top car...

The anti-science caucus is coming to a Congress near you, and we have polluters and wealthy corporate fat cats largely to thank for it.

Student leader Joel Francis challenges Charles Koch to meet him "anytime, anywhere in the state before election day" to explain why Koch is meddling with democracy in a state he doesn't even live in.

China is supporting its renewable energy industries so aggressively and lowering their cost of business so much, that it's likely the country is breaking World Trade Organization rules on fair play.

Originally posted on The MarkUp. On Thursday, House Republicans issued their roadmap for the midterm elections and the next legislative session. It's...

When future scholars document the history of global warming, one of the watershed years will almost surely be 2010. The upcoming lame-duck session in Congress could be one of the last opportunities for reform before 2013.

The U.S. has a successful track record of catching up in strategic industries. We can and must do the same today in clean energy, and in the aftermath of cap and trade, there's not a moment to waste.

Over at NRDC, David Doniger writes a last-ditch defense of a diminished, utility-only cap and trade proposal while categorically rejecting any "energy...

Instead of using last night's prime-time opportunity to push cap and trade in the form of the Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act, President Obama pressed the reset button on energy and climate policy.

Our history of pollution control has always been gradual -- and always involved accommodation of local economic and political interests.

SCOTUS's Citizens United decision and the EPA's use of command and control regulations for global warming gases are among the main factors that will influence climate policy in the coming year.

EPA's proposal to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants is a hacksaw, when the Obama Administration would rather operate with a scalpel.

The U.S. is not only investing far less in our clean energy industries than Asian nations, but also falling behind in energy science and technology education.

A closer examination reveals that the American Clean Energy abd Security Act could create a "super-lobby" of interest groups that will significantly diminish the possibility of achieving future reforms.