WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Thursday gave up plans to attempt to pass an energy bill that caps greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, ...
Keith Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011
As long as growth remains the number one priority of governments worldwide any effort to by those governments to seriously address climate change will be doomed to end in failure.
Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011
Arianna appeared on MSNBC's "Countdown" Friday night to discuss the abandoning of a comprehensive climate and energy bill by Senate Democrats. Gu...
AP | MATTHEW DALY and DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A day after bipartisan support for an energy and climate change bill appeared to crumble, a Senate sponsor said Sunday he was optim...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate...
Mother Jones | — Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011
After months of closed-door huddles with lawmakers and lobbyists, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) are e...
Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.25.2011
The Climate Bullies When I was in 6th grade, I fell victim to the school bully. I was new to the school and became an easy target for an 8th grade g...
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011
With the Senate cap-and-trade bill on ice for the foreseeable future, a key bloc of Democrats is agitating for a Climate Plan B: an existing energy po...
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011
Did Obama endorse a Plan B approach to passing legislation on climate and energy this year? Well, if he didn't outright support the idea of moving an ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Your weather says cold, but your climate (and NASA) says HOT; Oil, oil, toil and more trouble; Plastic bag taxes -- do the...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Political earthquake in Massachusetts? Climate & clean energy legislation also hangs in the balance; James Inhofe is #1! ...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and ...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican ...
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Senators trying to craft bipartisan climate legislation offered a revised proposal Thursday that would add incentives for building ...
Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011
The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tue...
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011
America's Power Army, the sister organization to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, sent an email this week to its Astroturf "army" laying out the coal lobby's plans to barrage key Democratic targets.
James Hoggan | Posted 05.25.2011
In swing states, 63 percent of voters support the climate change legislation currently being considered in the Senate.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Voters in swing states say they are more likely to re-elect Senators who support the Clean Energy Jobs Bill, according to a new poll. The poll, condu...
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 05.25.2011
In the quest to rebuild, New Orleans has become a leader in energy saving and clean energy, from solar-powered streetlights and hybrid city buses, to building energy-efficient homes for residents who were made homeless.
Treehugger | Posted 05.25.2011
A group of 10 moderate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday saying that they will not support any domestic climate change bill that ...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's push for quick action by Congress on climate change legislation suffered a setback on Thursday when th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011
Senate Democrats are hoping to complete the task that their colleagues in the House began two weeks ago -- passing the most ambitious climate bill eve...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011
The next phase of the climate change debate began Tuesday morning in the Senate, but with a big piece missing. The heads of all the relevant governmen...
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011