Big Coal: No Corporate Social Responsibility for us, please
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is all the rage today in corporate America. One recent study found that 86 of the S&P 100 companies...

New energy economy emerging in the United States
By Lester BrownAs fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future o...

Bush rushes to open Grand Canyon to toxic uranium mining
By Brad JohnsonOriginally posted at the Wonk Room. ----- The Bush administration is rushing forward with plans to mine the Grand Canyon ...

Advice for the President? #100D. Let Your Tweet Be Heard.
As Alex stated in this week's feature post, With the U.S. presidential race in its final few weeks, and momentum towards a possible Obama/ ...

Stickin' it where the sun does shine
By Kate Sheppard The state government of Florida is set today to release its action plan on climate change, which includes significant re...

Happy thoughts and fairy dust
By Joseph Romm Last week I critiqued EDF's pointless video/graphics competition (see here). The contest is pointless because a carbon cap c...

Obama, McCain Voters Favor Nuclear Energy
And by an impressively wide margin, too. A new poll from Bisconti Research for NEI interviewed 1000 voters to determine the support for nuc...

Johnson block deemed 'abuse' of executive privilege
By Kate Sheppard Back in June, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was ready to vote on whether to hold U.S. EPA Administra...

Arrow: Crisis a Challenge to Standard Economic Theory
Kenneth Arrow:Risky business, by Kenneth Arrow: The current financial crisis ... presents ... a challenge to standard economic theory, a cha...