Climate denier Inhofe blows so much hot air, he should work children's parties.Photo: canopicThe professional deniers are at it again. Every chance they get, the people who are paid to spread doubt and confusion about climate change take some minor report or news event, fill it with hot air and twist it up like a balloon animal, then try to persuade everyone that it is alive and kicking -- that it "proves" that the planet isn't warming or human activities aren't the big reason why. This time, the professional deniers are seizing on a report [PDF] from the Environmental Protection …

Rahm Emanuel: barrier to climate progress? Engulfed by the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama is trying to change the subject. On May 26, the president pledged to "keep fighting to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation," and on June 2 he declared, "The time has come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a clean-energy future." Pivoting from oil spill to climate bill makes sense -- a mandatory, declining cap on emissions is America's best chance to wean itself off of fossil fuels, and Obama's best chance to wring some good out of the …