Have you ever heard Van Jones speak? If you haven’t, take 10 minutes to watch this video from this weekend’s PowerShift ’09 conference: Meanwhile, DC is getting a reminder that … Read more
Conservation
Environmental Justice Takes Center Stage at Power Shift ’09 Opening Session
Power Shift, a conference and lobby event that aimed to bring 10,000 young people to the Capitol to take action on climate change and environmental degradation, took a turn for … Read more
Video: How Cap-and-Trade Works
Ever since President Obama called on Congress to pass a carbon cap, we've been getting questions about how a cap-and-trade system would work. Here's a short video explaining it, take … Read more
Bird Movements Reveal Global Warming Impacts
North American birds are moving northward and inland in response to global warming, according to a new in-depth report by the National Audubon Society. Analyses of citizen-gathered data from 40 … Read more
Healthy Forests Absorb 1/5 Of Global Warming Pollution
Tropical trees have grown bigger over the past half century and now absorb 20 percent of global warming pollution from the atmosphere, emphasizing the urgent need to preserve threatened forests, … Read more
U.S. Intelligence: Global Warming Threatens Security
The new head of U.S. intelligence and top adviser to President Barack Obama has reiterated that global warming is a top threat to the national security of the United States. … Read more
Study: Huge Electric Productivity Gap, Efficiency Alone Could Save States Money
Simply using energy more efficiently could narrow some state budget gaps, according to a new Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) report. Efficiency alone could cut 30 percent of U.S. electric use … Read more
Momentum For Climate Action Picks Up Steam In The Nation’s Capital
Momentum for comprehensive climate legislation is mounting in Washington, DC. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to introduce a bill to tackle global warming by the end of … Read more
President Obama: “It begins with energy.”
That was how President Obama introduced his roadmap for economic recovery last night in his first address to Congress (read the text or watch the video). The President knows we … Read more
Previewing President Obama’s First Congressional Address
President Obama will be on national television tonight at 9pm eastern. He'll deliver his first presidential address to Congress, laying out his plans for the year ahead. It's a remarkable … Read more
