Ipcc Report

Cold Comfort

Dan Lashof | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green


Dan Lashof

When the IPCC predicts serious consequences from global warming unless emissions are curtailed, it's cold comfort that a few newspapers in the 1970s speculated about global cooling.

Putting America on a Carbon Diet

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 01.07.2009 | World


Gillian Caldwell

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?

Will President Obama Lead on Climate Change?

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green


Gillian Caldwell

Now that the heat of the campaign season is behind us, we hope Obama will stop pretending that "clean coal" is a realistic way to reduce carbon emissions and achieve energy independence.