Articles by Ana Unruh Cohen

The Republican agenda has been bumped back, but not indefinitely

Just as Katrina has displaced hundreds of thousands on the Gulf Coast, she has also displaced many of the marquee items on the Congressional leadership's agenda ... for now.

Before they left on their August break, the Senate's September plans included taking up permanent repeal of the estate tax, holding hearings on Judge Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court, and getting started on a budget reconciliation process that's supposed to include more tax breaks, cuts in social services and student loans, and opening the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling. All that is postponed, though not necessarily indefinitely.

But less than a month after an energy bill that did nothing to decrease oil consumption became law, Congress is investigating the cause of high gasoline prices.

Loading the hurricane dice

The smart gang at RealClimate has made an excellent contribution to the Katrina-and-global-warming discussion.

We’ve already collected nature quotes — how about some quotes on energy

And I don't mean oil futures ...

Dave got a lot of people to contribute their favorite quotes on nature last month. I was recently asked about famous energy quotes and drew a complete blank.

Can you, uhm, enlighten me? Leave your faves in the comments.

LA Story

When it rains, it pours: Yet another story on LA's urban density. This time courtesy of High Country News.