This article was originally published on Climate Progress. It has been reposted with full permission. General Motors had a record-breaking year for fuel-efficient autos in 2012. The company became the first American auto manufacturer to sell more than one million vehicles with a 30-mpg fuel rating. And due to … [continued]
This articles has been reposted from Climate Progress with permission. If you’re a conservative, this image of Cleveland from 1973 taken before the Environmental Protection Agency started cleaning up our skies should make you care about the environment: That’s according to a new paper from UC Berkeley, anyway. In a study released this … [continued]
This articles has been reposted from Climate Progress with permission. President Obama’s legacy will be defined by a number of issues: the stimulus package; killing Osama bin Laden; his endless battles with Congress; his support for gay marriage. But arguably the biggest issue he’ll be judged on — one … [continued]
This article has been reposted from Climate Progress. Last year, $260 billion was invested in clean energy globally, marking the one trillionth dollar put into the sector since 2004 and the first time that clean energy saw more investment than fossil fuels. As a new report shows, much of that activity … [continued]
This articles was originally published on Climate Progress. It has been reposted with permission. You might have seen the ad below, called “Exxon Hates Your Children,” circulated this week. “We all know the climate crisis will rip [your children’s] world apart, but we don’t care, because it’ll make us … [continued]
This articles has been reposted from Climate Progress with permission. Most of the attacks against Susan Rice, Obama’s supposed top pick for Secretary of State, have come from Republicans. But now the left — mainly groups opposed to developing Canadian tar sands — may have some reasons to question … [continued]
Editor’s note: Unfortunately, while the election is over, influential conservatives haven’t let up their assault on renewable energy (clean energy sources that, of course, the vast majority of Americans — conservative and liberal alike — support). This post below by Stephen on new attacks on state renewable energy standards is … [continued]
Environmental groups celebrated last fall when President Obama delayed the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would pipe carbon-intensive tar sands crude from Canadian strip mines to refineries in Texas. Now that Obama is back in the White House for a second term, those same forces are banding together to encourage the president to kill the pipeline altogether. […]
Editor’s note: As I noted the other day when discussing some optimistic conservative support for a carbon tax, talk is cheap, but when it comes to doing anything to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, fossil fuel–funded Republican Congresspeople faces some serious soul searching in order to actually buck … [continued]
This article was originally published on Climate Progress. It has been reposted with full permission (image added). Polls have consistently shown that Americans’ understanding of global warming grows with an increase in extreme weather events. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, that number continues to grow. According to a new … [continued]
