In the past two weeks alone, we've taken several really major steps forward to a clean-energy future. It's clear that we not only can but should cut our carbon emissions much faster than anyone in Congress is talking about.
David Roberts | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green
Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal to be the state rock of West Virginia. But why should her stop there? Having a coal-based economy has given his state so many other reasons to celebrate!
Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World
While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 01.07.2009 | World
We need to start a carbon diet, and not let the US reach for that donut. Delaying serious short-term cuts in carbon emissions is like saying we will start our diet next January. Why not this January?
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green
Yesterday, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appeals board issued a ruling that will essentially halt the construction of new coal plants in the United States for the near term.
Carl Pope | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics
The EAB just ruled that the EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-fired power plants. This may signal the beginning of a clean energy future.
Michael Brune | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green
There is no such thing as clean coal. Rather than perpetuate our country's dependence on dirty energy, we can rejuvenate our economy with a transition to truly clean and renewable energy resources.
Reuters | Michelle Nichols | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to st...
The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green
Last week, the Wonk Room reported that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) joined Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in opposing mountaintop removal, an ecologically and ec...
Michael Brune | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green
A new coal plant in Virginia or a destructive coal mine in Appalachia are not isolated challenges; they are part of a national energy system run amok.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green
Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.
Joseph Romm | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
The study, which uses molecular markers to directly track exposure to coal plant emissions, provides yet more evidence -- if any were needed -- to ban traditional coal plants.
AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green
ATLANTA (AP) -- The construction of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia was halted Monday when a judge ruled that the plant's builders must first obta...
Carl Pope | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green