Salazar's Dirty Energy Disgrace
Here's an international embarrassment waiting to happen. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is not only planning to tag along with Obama in Copenhagen, he's going to be a keynote speaker.
Here's an international embarrassment waiting to happen. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is not only planning to tag along with Obama in Copenhagen, he's going to be a keynote speaker.
Daphne Wysham | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
Carbon offsets are attractive to polluters because they're cheaper than cuts. But they'll open up a new market in carbon, open to gaming, corruption, and the creation of a "carbon bubble."
Jim Selman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
To the extent that we speak from our hearts about the world we want to create, we will attract energy, resources and support--and inspire others to act.
Sacramento Bee | Jim Downing | Posted 11.25.2009 | Los Angeles
The California Air Resources Board on Tuesday released a preliminary version of its first-in-the-nation "cap and trade" plan to cut greenhouse-gas emi...
Jeremy Nichols | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver
A demonstration called on Governor Ritter to stop clowning around when it comes to confronting global warming. Greenhouse gas emissions are actually on the rise in Colorado thanks to Xcel Energy.
Bob Dinneen | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green
Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed by his treatment of ethanol and other biofuels in his new book.
BBC | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green
The new head of Greenpeace, South African Kumi Naidoo, has told the BBC he will make human life more of a priority for the environmental group. Mr Na...
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green
There are just over four weeks to go before the Copenhagen conference intended to agree a new international framework for controlling greenhouse gas (...
Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
Considering that the meat industry produces 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than all the world's transportation systems, we see no reason to back down in our criticism of Al Gore, among others.
Dean Baker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics
A year after President Obama's election, progressives can say that we got pretty much what we had a right to expect: a centrist agenda in office.
Scott Paul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
Some of us warned this day would come. We knew an economic strategy predicated on replacing wage growth with debt and credit to maintain a certain standard of living was doomed to fail.
AP | MARESA PATIENCE | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
AP LONDON -- The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who ...
Bill Chameides | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green
So far from being a failure, the Kyoto Protocol looks like it will meet its very limited goals.
The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...
Ann Carlson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green
Today's newly proposed rule is one step toward what is likely to be much more extensive regulations aimed not just at new businesses that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases but also at existing ones.
Bill Maher | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy
If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.
Wade Norris | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver
What if a city's reputation for pollution was reflected in the sports team's names? Instead of the Denver Broncos would we be the Denver Bronchitis?
AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar moved Monday to prepare the nation's parks, refuges and endangered species for the onslaught of glob...
nytimes.com | Jim Motavalli | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
The United States Chamber of Commerce is joining with the National Automobile Dealers Association to try to derail California's ability to regulate gr...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of coolin...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
India's greenhouse gas emissions will more than triple over the next two decades, a report has projected. But the document, compiled by experts for t...
Bob Dinneen | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
Just when we thought policymakers were serious about climate change, the State Department approves construction of a new petroleum pipeline with the sole purpose of importing tar sands oil to the U.S.
Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green
Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.
Bill Chameides | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
McCain had been like the Lone Ranger in the Senate working with his Tonto, Lieberman, to push for climate legislation. Suddenly, post the 2008 presidential race, he is on the fence.
Jeremy Nichols | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver