We cannot overlook the one thing Obama has already accomplished for his home town in the seven short months since taking the oath of office. It is his crowning achievement.
L'AQULA, Italy — Britain and the United States may see room for more stimulus. Germany is worried that it has done too much already. The leader...
The AP has what looks like a blockbuster story today: "White House memo challenges EPA finding on warming." The Obama White House bashing the EPA proc...
If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land.
John Boehner's job is to advance policies that will make a positive difference for all Americans, not to pander to the Luddites who are fearful of new technologies and scientific development.
Sen. John McCain blasted President Barack Obama's global-warming plan Tuesday, saying it would hurt an already battered economy by raising energy cost...
WASHINGTON — Tinkering with Earth's climate to chill runaway global warming _ a radical idea once dismissed out of hand _ is being discussed by ...
Obama and his team see right through Canada's weak, ineffectual climate plan. After all it's pretty much the plan set out by former President George W. Bush.
Leaving transition work, I find myself a lot more hopeful about generally progressive policy coming out of the Obama administration than some of my friends in the progressive blogosphere.
WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ...
WASHINGTON — Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role...
The U.S. wind has obviously shifted and leading Democrats have been increasingly critical of higher-carbon sources of crude oil.
Newsweek has released highlights of its Special Election Project, which allowed reporters to gather behind-the-scenes information on the presidential ...
While most of Newsweek's behind-the-scenes Special Election Project reporting reveals serious campaign issues on both sides, there's one funny moment ...
It has become increasingly clear that achieving a serious, binding international emissions treaty is even more politically implausible a task than passing serious, binding domestic legislation.
As things stand, the single biggest obstacle to effective climate change mitigation is the lack of a comprehensive, international accord.
Until last month, Jason Burnett was a high-ranking political appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency. But "after concluding there was no more...
As he rolled out his plan to combat global warming this week, Republican John McCain jumped at the opportunity to remind voters that he'd flown nearly...
