President Obama just fielded questions about the way forward following last night’s election and the huge gains made by Republicans in the House. He refused to concede that his policy decisions made up to this point in his presidency are the reason the electorate voted overwhelmingly against Democrats last night, More…
Still smarting from the Senate’s failure to pass climate legislation or even a scaled-down energy bill this year, environmentalists are huddling to come up with a new messaging strategy — one they hope will inspire action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Pew Research Center today released its annual poll of the public’s priorities for the new year. Topping the list is “strengthening the nation’s economy,” which is a 2010 priority for 83 percent of Americans surveyed, followed by “improving the job situation” (81 percent) and “defending US against terrorism” More…
Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who’s leading a “virtual march” on Washington this week to push his energy plan, participated in a Center for American Progress Action Fund panel this morning on the need for a national smart electricity grid. But as his co-panelists, Sen. Harry More…
Before signing new executive orders on his green agenda this morning, President Obama laid out three priorities in the areas of energy independence, fuel efficiency and emissions.
“This moment of peril must be turned into one of progress,” he pledged. Noting today’s announcements of huge job cuts at Caterpillar, More…
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) offers a new angle today on the Detroit bailout, saying that he’ll support the plan only if the automakers stop trying to kill states’ efforts to tighten emission standards.
California has famously applied for an Environmental Protection Agency waiver forcing emission reductions of 30 percent by More…
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