Is Detroit worth saving?
Why bail out the car companies when they bailed out on us?General Motors and Ford burned through a stunning $14.6 billion in cash last quarter. G.M.'s stock has sunk so low that you could buy the...
View ArticleWhat will make Obama a great president
Has any U.S. president come into office with higher expectations from foreign countries? Perhaps the greatest expectation is that Barack Obama will reverse George W. Bush's all-too-successful...
View ArticleGreening the stimulus
Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author of "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future."I think we should at least keep in mind the possibility that we won't really get out of...
View ArticleReal science comes to Washington
The greatest task of the Obama administration -- and the next 10 presidents -- is to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest science warns that the unstable West Antarctic ice sheet has been...
View ArticleThe heat is on Bill Gates
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the richest foundation in the world, has taken on the noble challenge of helping billions of people, those who "never even have the chance to live a healthy,...
View ArticleDon’t believe the fossil-fuel lies
The most effective and despicable disinformation campaign in U.S. history is ramping up again, trying to stop President Obama and Congress from passing a serious bill aimed at reversing our dangerous...
View ArticleOne brief shining moment for clean energy
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) bill 219 to 212. The bill would transform the U.S. economy in four decades, replacing the vast...
View ArticleGoodnight, moon travel
Forty years ago, like millions of other children, I was awestruck by Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon. No doubt the optimistic vision of space travel from the Apollo program, and "Star Trek,"...
View ArticleIs Obama missing a golden opportunity on energy?
This piece originally appeared at Climate Progress: The silent threat of the unknown hovers over Mr Obama at all times. By force of oratory, Mr Obama could revitalise the energy debate and alert...
View ArticleIs BP’s remedy for the spill only making it worse?
Last Thursday, BP began putting more than 100,000 gallons of chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico to disperse some of the hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of gallons of petroleum its undersea...
View ArticleExperts rally to defense of climate science
On Friday the journal Science published a remarkable Lead Letter supporting the accuracy of climate science. The must-read statement, "Climate Change and the Integrity of Science," is signed by 255 of...
View ArticleThe three causes of BP’s oil disaster
This piece originally appeared at Climate Progress: We now know with pretty high confidence the three main, interrelated, underlying causes of the BP’s oil disaster: Hubris, recklessness, and...
View ArticleWednesday is a big day for climate change in the Senate
The big day is almost upon us. And the two amigos are confident about the Wednesday launch of their long-awaited climate and clean energy jobs bill.In a joint statement, Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and...
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We’re breaking all kinds of temperature records
It was the hottest April on record in the NASA data set. More significantly, following fast on the heels of the hottest March and hottest Jan-Feb-March on record, it's also the hottest...
View ArticleWill eco-disasters destroy Obama’s legacy?
The truth is that there's not much more that President Obama can do to stop the eco-disaster now hitting the Gulf of Mexico. But his response to our fossil fuel-driven crises -- so far -- can still be...
View ArticleObama’s daughter asked the wrong question
When I was shaving this morning, my daughter came up to me and asked, “Daddy, when is President Obama going to develop a coherent narrative for his administration?” OK, maybe not. She’s only 3, and her...
View ArticleJindal and the right on oil spill: Shill, baby, shill!
A stunning new letter by the oil-addicted governor of Louisiana gives the lie to right-wing claims that environmentalists are to blame for the BP oil disaster.On Wednesday, Bobby Jindal, who blames...
View ArticleThe dumbing down of Carly Fiorina
Presumably, the former CEO of one of America's leading technology companies knows the difference between long-term worldwide profitability and product sales on one day in one store.But apparently to...
View ArticleIt’ll always be “British Petroleum” to me
The British are now unhappy that Americans are calling BP "British Petroleum." Fraser Nelson, the editor of the Spectator, blogged last week that “BP has not -- for many years -- stood for British...
View ArticleDaddy, could we have our planet back now?
As parents, we constantly admonish our children to share with others. The joke is that as adults, we hardly like to share anything at all. Who likes to lend out their car? Or their tools or books?...
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