On Climate Treaty, Obama’s Problem Is Not Legal
With the legal powers he holds as President, Obama could both sign and implement a treaty on climate. It’s not surprising this confuses people. Americans learn in school that the US Senate must ratify...
View ArticleWarsaw Climate Talks – So Bad US Looked Good
You know the UN climate talks are going badly when the US negotiators appear to gain credibility. And so, major environmental, labor, youth, and other civil society organizations, including some...
View ArticleClimate Assessment Calls for Energy [R]evolution
Last week the Obama administration released the National Climate Assessment report. As the report shows, climate impacts are happening now — whether it’s constant extreme weather alerts, droughts and...
View ArticleOil-Loving Senate Contributes ‘Significantly’ to Climate Change
The US Senate has been debating a bill to bypass the State Department and approve the Keystone tar sands pipeline. The bill, S.1, was the first in the hopper of this new Senate. Knowing S.1 is doomed...
View Article“Clean Coal” Pumps up “Green Oil”
Greenpeace USA just released “Carbon Capture Scam (CCS): How a False Climate Solution Bolsters Big Oil,” a report explaining why support for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) must stop. Cynics of...
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