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What are your favorite climate and energy soundbites?

I will be testifying in front of Congress this week.  And my book, Straight Up, is coming out the following week (click here to buy it). That means I’ll be doing a lot of media and trying to hone a simple, effective message for a far broader audience than Climate Progress readers.  I have my own […]

Sarah 'Four Pinocchios' Palin blames 'Gore-gate' for

  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has called Palin a conservative leader on energy issues. She has also emerged as a conservative thought leader on climate science. Yesterday, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SLRC) 2010 — “the most prominent Republican event outside of the Republican National Convention,” Palin launched into another anti-science diatribe.  Here’s the video (via TP): […]

Climate Progress wins TreeHugger's "Best Politics Website"

“… essential reading for anyone following the politics of the green movement these days….  this is the art of blogging at its best.“ Thanks to everyone who voted for CP for TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards. Here’s TreeHugger’s full award description of this blog:   The content Joe Romm and crew pump out on Climate Progress is unrelenting […]

Canada's Husky Energy sells 10% ethanol blend as

            Americans may not have heard of Husky Energy.  But thanks to an eagle-eyed reader up north who snapped this picture, we all get to see their uber-greenwashing effort. Here’s how “Mother Nature” makes her fuel, at least on the Bizarro world of Htrae. First, you take some heavy oil or tar […]

Ask Umbra on birth control, single-serve coffee, and sanitizing countertops

Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, In light of Lisa Hymas’ current series on GINKing, can you fill us in on the most eco-friendly forms of birth control currently available? Keeping It Kid FreeSeattle A. Dearest Kid Free, Indeed the “green inclinations, no kids” (GINK) posts have caused quite the stir. I’ve only […]

Debunking Lord Monckton, Part One

Climbing the mountain of balderdash, bollux, codswallop, and rubbish that is Lord Christopher Monckton’s presentation is a daunting task. I’ve had to break it down into 2 parts, of which this is the first. The second will be premiered on thursday night, April 15, at 9 pm edt, during a live “Climate Denial Crock” web […]

Focus the nation on jobs and the clean energy race

This is a guest post by Garett Brennan, executive director, Focus the Nation Youth-led Clean Energy Forums are underway across the country this spring as part of Focus the Nation’s fourth national civic engagement campaign. Focus the Nation has been working this with youth leaders to help ‘focus’ communities across the upper Midwest, Maine, and […]

Friday music blogging: Gigi

I grew up listening to my dad’s vinyl. (Kids, point your iThingies here to learn more!) He was a fan of late ’50s and early ’60s Brill Building-style pop — early Beatles, Little Richard, The Coasters, The Everly Brothers, The Shangri-Las, Frankie Avalon, and compilations with names like “At the Hop.” (Kids, a “sock hop” […]

What the John Paul Stevens retirement means for energy progress

Stevens (center) with President Obama and Justice Anthony Kennedy last September.Collection of the Supreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his long-expected retirement Friday, meaning we can expect another testy/goofy/”contentious” confirmation process in the Senate this summer. Stevens’ retirement means a few other things too: 1. The court loses an […]

Offshore drilling most popular among Republicans, elderly, white, and wealthy

When President Obama announced recently that he’d open new coastal areas to offshore drilling, there was considerable speculation as to what the political fallout might be. Most progressive pundits were baffled by the decision, and the general consensus seemed to be that it was a political move designed to influence key decision makers. The immediate […]