The Return of Atlantis Prompted a Look at America's Future ... and I'm Very Troubled
Is this the grand vision for human spaceflight we embraced 40 years ago when we saw Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the Moon?
Is this the grand vision for human spaceflight we embraced 40 years ago when we saw Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the Moon?
David Roberts | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green
If we don't begin massive investment in renewable power sources, civilization could be at risk before the end of the century. Such is the stark conclusion of Blackout, one of the scariest books I've ever read.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
It would be a good idea to ask the members of the National Assembly to travel to their August 1st meeting on public transport so as not to waste fuel on their chartered bus.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Gov. Sarah Palin dropped the hammer today on $80 million from the state budget. In a "bring it on" move, Palin dared the legislature to over-ride her veto.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.
Huffington Post | Rob Lamkin | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
Solar energy is the most promising source of clean, renewable energy. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Myths about solar energy--its challen...
Richard Stuebi | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green
I prefer an interpretation similar to what I've seen from a number of sources in recent weeks: that innovation and ingenuity are in fact amplified during difficult times.
Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago
Officials in Northwest Indiana have already Ok'd the construction of a facility that will turn garbage into ethanol. But finding a suitable site may c...
Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago
Illinois was once the cradle of the commercial nuclear power industry. In fact, utilities built so many reactors the Prairie State is still number one...
Guardian | Bibi Van Der Zee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green
Yes, in the government's happy daydreams we will be providing much of our power through off-shore wind by 2020. Other countries too are working as har...
Patricia Martin | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago
It's time for NASCAR to pull a U-turn. Leadership needs to get on board the green express and point NASCAR in the direction of sustainable, renewable auto sports.
John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.
Brian Oxman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
What the gas crisis did was deprive the mortgage, banking, and insurance industries of their fine line of profitability like a gust of wind on a high-wire act.
Linda Kulman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
God bless McCain and Obama -- those politicians with egos the size of California and Texas put together -- is all I have to say. Someone has to have K-P duty.
David Sassoon | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green
If oil shale gets developed, the nation and the globe will be sent on a path to an endless fossil future and a steep acceleration of global warming pollution.
Christiana Wyly | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green
"Son, I used to be IN the Oil Lobby! We don't have to worry about them. We the people are more powerful than any lobby any day of the week."
Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green
Our nation's oil addiction is hobbling economic growth and consumer spending power.
Bill Chameides | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green
Even more surprising, the United States produces more oil than the U.A.E. -- 8 million barrels a day compared to the the U.A.E.'s 3 million.
David Fiderer | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
Lou Dobbs signed on to the Republicans' disinformation campaign, but what about legitimate journalists? Who in the mainstream media has enough guts to say a lie is a lie?
Cathy Zoi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green
Meeting this challenge will deliver the affordability, stability and confidence our economy needs, as well as a healthy environment, while generating millions of jobs that can't be outsourced.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics
The claim that nuclear power is clean is a lie, not only due to the carbon-heavy mining and refinement processes, but also the avoidance of what to do with the ever-increasing stockpile of its deadly radioactive waste.
DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green
WASHINGTON -- Dan Reicher, Google's guru of all things related to energy and the environment, came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with some ideas on how...
ClimateProgress | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green
Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises? Apparently not. Cong...
Lincoln Chafee | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
It may be easy, in the coming months, for Americans to forget the immorality of the Iraq War. But American foreign policy must be consistent with our interests as well as our morals.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green
We're so screwed that there's no way we can drill ourselves out of this mess. What will it take for people to accept the fact that the era of livin' large is over?
Jeff Goldstein | Posted 12.08.2009 | Technology