Climate Politics

Green is the new red: environmental activists under attack

Will Potter on the eerie parallels between the Red Scare and the kind of repression and paranoia the green movement faces today.

Everyone thinks Obama is doing a bad job on the environment

Yale Environment 360 asked a series of environmental thinkers, activists, and policymakers what they think of Barack Obama's record on the environmental record so far. The overwhelming response was that they didn't think very much of it at all.

Here’s climate writer and activist Bill McKibben:

Top 10 American vacation spots House bill could ruin

The House of Representatives is set to vote for over 40 provisions that would endanger the health of some of America's most beautiful vacation spots.

A golden opportunity to please conservatives and liberals alike

The U.S. EPA should opt for a smart, low-cost approach to fulfilling its mandate under a Supreme Court decision to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

Meet your newest green candidate: Double Rainbow guy

It turns out that Double Rainbow guy, everyone's favorite non-cat meme producer since Tay Zonday, has a name (it's Paul Vasquez) and a face (it's sort of Cheech Marin meets Hurley). He also has an alternative energy platform and a presidential campaign, of sorts. A Facebook app called Votocracy allows normal (for some value of "normal") people to declare their candidacy, garner votes, and even debate each other in a sort of American Idolesque shadow campaign. 

Minor threat: Our lame response to climate change

A new article compares U.S. resources spent against perceived threats like international terrorism, economic crisis, and climate change. Can you guess which one gets shortchanged?

What’s the real cost of not investing in clean energy?

Politicians have not invested in the insurance policy against climate change that we need.

The dirty little secret behind the ‘transmission debate’

Utilities are working to protect their profits again by blocking action on the creation of a better and cleaner electricity grid.

Critical List: Captain Planet movie in the works; the U.N. considering climate peacekeeping force

The producer of Transformers is backing a live-action Captain Planet movie, which will teach children about environmentalism and green mullets and the periodic table of elements (earth, air, fire, water, and heart!). Next can we do a live-action G.I. Joe Knowing is Half the Battle movie? Because it will be just as fun.

Climate change could lead to conflicts so contentious the U.N. might need a separate peacekeeping force to deal with them.

Our economy is hungry for food stamps

Food stamps do more than feed the needy-- they also boost a struggling economy.