The world is in perilous shape, especially from unsustainable human impacts on the natural environment. Unlike past historical eras, these abuses are conscious.
The Daily Green | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green
In a story, fittingly, featured in the Charleston Gazette, in West Virginia's coal country, about people are puzzling over how John McCain and Barack ...
1Sky, ThinkProgress | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green
Sen. Joe Biden, on the campaign trail, was asked why he supports what is referred to as "clean coal." This is a bit of a misnomer for the technology...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green
Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what...
New York Times | Thomas L. Friedman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green
As we emerge from Labor Day, college students are gathering back on campuses not only to start the fall semester, but also, in some cases, to vote for...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green
One solution stands out that would be singularly effective in contravening our seemingly helpless dependency on fossil fuels.
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.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
It looks like John McCain won't be backing down from his campaign's attack on Barack Obama over tire pressure and energy conservation. At an appearanc...
The Guardian, NASCAR, Car Talk | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green
The latest in the battle over energy between Obama and McCain is all about pressure -- specifically, tire pressure. Across the pond, the Guardian's e...
Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green
Many in the environmental community are annoyed by Barack Obama's change of position on offshore drilling, even while they applaud his comprehensive energy plan.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
Coming off a week in which he was compared to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and saw his standing in the polls drop, Democrats' chief concern when as...
Alan Fein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green
While McCain says he's all for alternative energy, it's kind of like No Child Left Behind -- he doesn't want to help pay for it, especially if it's going to come out of the pockets of the oil companies.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
On his website, GOP Congressman Mike Rogers encourages visitors to improve their gas mileage and fuel costs by making sure that that the tires on thei...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama sought to regain the political offensive on Monday, painting John McCain as part of the problem when it comes to comprehensive energy ref...
CNN | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green
Barack Obama spoke today, outlining his energy plan. He gave three main points, which are summarized in the video below. WATCH: Barack Obama's ene...
Joseph Romm | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
This is easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a nominee of either party. By comparison, the plan of John "Nothing but Nukes" McCain plan is a joke.
CNN | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green
Both major presidential candidates have written "clean coal" into their energy plans. CNN discussed just how similar the big two are. WATCH: ...
Michael Schwartz | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
Though McCain's plan for offshore drilling will not ease the energy crisis, it is dandy patronage for the oil industry, who will be able to make nice profits from extracting and selling the 200,000 barrels per day.
Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Obama responds to the RNC's "Balance" ad attacking his energy policy with an ad tying McCain to Bush. "McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
Have I been giving Ted Koppel too much credit all my life? Because whoever showed up wearing his skin today on This Week with George Stephanopulos be...
Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green
Q. Dear Umbra, I don't understand carbon credits and how people can buy/sell/trade them. How is this good for our environment? Elizabeth Columbus, O...
Fortune.com | Brian Dumaine | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green
(Fortune Magazine) -- What senators McCain and Obama believe about U.S. energy policy matters - hugely. To fight global warming, the next President wi...
David Roberts | Posted 07.07.2008 | Media
Hirsh can't be bothered to look into the competing policy proposals and assess which is more credible. Perhaps Newsweek could hire a research assistant to "search the web" for him?
Pol Watchers | Ryan Alessi | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new TV ad this weekend featuring an Illinois miner praising the the him for work on coal iss...
Gristmill | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton has been pilloried for pandering to working class voters with her gas-tax holiday proposal. But she's not the only one telling working...
Peter M. Haas | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green