Obama: America Must Be Leader In Creating New Energy Sources
NEWTON, Iowa — President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy co...
NEWTON, Iowa — President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy co...
Posted 05.20.2009 | Green
Days before Earth Day 2009, President Obama's Energy Secretary Steven Chu gave a press briefing at the "Summit of the Americas" in Trinidad and Tobago...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green
Youth organizers have planned a major conference and demonstration for this weekend in Washington, D.C. The event, called PowerShift, is also intended...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green
Last night's State of the Union speech held no real surprises for environmentally-minded watchers. The president sounds like he's ready for, well, cha...
Grist | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
Grist: You've been active on green issues in Boulder. What do you hope to be able to do with that experience in your new role at the White House? McG...
Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
We don't have to choose between protecting places of rare beauty and keeping homes heated at affordable rates. We can do both.
Grist | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green
Dear Michelle and Barack, We write to you as fellow parents concerned about the Earth that will be inherited by our children, grandchildren, and th...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics
The early keys to a successful Obama administration will be managing expectations and setting up an administration that will be proactive and not get sidetracked by the inevitable events and crises.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the pres...
Josh Nelson | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green
For the past eight years our energy and environmental policies have been run by children. All of that is set to change with the welcome news of Obama's apparent new Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.
AP | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden planned to meet privately with former Vice President Al Gore in Chi...
Washington Post | Al Kamen | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
The Obama transition team, moving along smartly to fill Cabinet posts, is planning to trot out nominees as early as next week for three jobs much watc...
Wall Street Journal | STEPHEN POWER and NEIL KING JR. | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama and his aides are close to naming a slate of appointees to run the departments of Interior and Energy and the Environment...
Wall Street Journal | Keith Johnson | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
After filling the economic and national security rosters, the Obama administration will turn to environmental and energy questions, such as the EPA an...
Howard Learner | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago
The Midwest and Great Plains states can become business and economic winners in growing the new green economy.
Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
Don't let scurrilous emails, ugly insinuations and wishful thinking distract you from the larger reality: the Jewish community is behind Barack Obama.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Jewish Democrat officials are making a late election push to ensure that Barack Obama secures the large percentages of Jewish community support that p...
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home
The San Francisco Chronicle recently declared that John McCain and Barack Obama are "like peas in a pod" on a major issue. The newspaper was talking a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign unveiled a new TV ad Thursday that will run during the Olympics. The spot, titled "Three Bedroom Ranch," pushes a positive economi...
Joseph Romm | Posted 09.10.2008 | Green
The lead editorial in Sunday's Times, "Energy Fictions," is a misguided and misinformed smear of Obama's outstanding energy proposals.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign showcased Friday morning the ad they will be running during the course of the Olympics. Titled "Hands," the spot is heavy on energy...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
Tthe reality is that either candidate, if elected, will have about as much impact on oil prices as an Arizona Cardinal or a Chicago Bear does on the shape of the football used to play the game. Not much and only temporarily.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
The energy debate took what could be a significant turn this past weekend: a bipartisan effort in Congress has created headaches for both Barack Obama...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
Here's another sign of the Obama camp's message shift in the direction of a full-throttle push on energy. With no public announcement, the Obama camp...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign is trotting out a gubernatorial endorsement for his energy policy today... from Republican Alaska Governor and long-shot VP candida...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT and MIKE GLOVER | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green