Environment and Energy
Public Good
Turning FEMA Around
Room for Growth
Pumped Up
Oil is up around $110 per barrel; the price of gas at the pump is approaching $4 per gallon. It’s clear the White House is nervous about this: Barack Obama has started mentioning gas prices everywhere he goes. There are two big questions here: Are rising gas prices going to sink Obama’s presidency? And, either way, is there anything that can actually be done about them? READ MORE >>
Do We Really Need Nuclear Power?
Is This What The Climate-Change Debate Has Come To?
Mark Kirk: Al Gore's Personal Life Disproves Global Warming
Here's how Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) explains his big about-face on climate change over the past year: "The consensus behind the climate change bill collapsed and then further deteriorated with the personal and political collapse of Vice President [Al] Gore," Kirk said in a brief interview last week. READ MORE >>
Is The EPA Ignoring Congress with Its Climate Rules?
In Cancún, Corporations Are Taking Over The U.N. Climate Talks
How the Tax Deal Could Throttle the Green Economy
There have been all sorts of drastic proclamations about the tax deal Obama struck with congressional Republicans earlier this week. Here's another to chuck on the pile: The agreement might end up killing what little momentum the U.S. clean-energy industry has picked up over the past two years. READ MORE >>
