Energy And Economy, Intertwined On energy and climate change, Barack Obama's focus has shifted markedly over the course of the year as the economy has weakened. ...more

November 9, 2008

Greenhouse gases went on sale Thursday as 10 Northeastern states held the nation's first auction of pollution credits aimed at curbing global warming. ...more

September 26, 2008

When Bill Blanchard was through speaking to officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than 100 people, many of them wearing red "Vote NO Landfill" T-shirts, stood and applauded. ...more

September 25, 2008

Regarding "A Nuclear Bull's-Eye Is On Our Back" (Other Views, Aug. 26): Michael Totten erroneously states that the effect of a nuclear reactor attack by a wide-bodied aircraft would be "comparable" to that of a one-megaton nuclear blast. ...more

September 2, 2008

Remember when President Bush promised his administration would seek "balance" on environmental issues? ...more

August 22, 2008

Jorgen Peder Steffensen made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "If you come to Copenhagen, I will show you a Christmas snow - a real Christmas snow, the snow that fell between 1 B.C. and 1 A.D." ...more

August 6, 2008

Two polar bears, known in these parts as ice bears, amble and yawn on an iceberg. The mother and her 2-year-old cub stand out light yellow against bright white and glacial blue - these mascots of the global warming movement seem majestically content on an Arctic summer day. ...more

July 26, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI, like many world leaders, has spoken passionately about the urgent need to protect the planet from climate catastrophe. But unlike his fellow heads of state, the pontiff has actually created a carbon-neutral economy - and done it inexpensively and quickly. ...more

July 20, 2008

The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the U.S. economy. ...more

July 12, 2008

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a major component of the Bush administration's effort to reduce unhealthy levels of soot and smog in Eastern and Midwestern states, a decision that environmental groups worry will delay action on air pollution well into the next administration. ...more

July 12, 2008