Barack Obama
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Obama gears up for a campaign climate fight
In a Rolling Stone interview, President Obama made some remarkable statements about climate as a campaign issue and the millions pouring into anti-science disinformation campaigns.
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President Obama edits out climate change from his Earth Day proclamation
You’ll be glad to know that in the last 12 months, that whole climate change problem went away. At least that’s the impression left from comparing President Obama’s 2012 Earth Day proclamation with the 2011 one.
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How Obama and Romney compare on green issues
A handy chart lets you compare the presidential candidates' policies on fossil fuels, clean energy, public lands, and oil subsidies.
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Critical List: Solar storm to hit today; the U.S. is a net exporter of petroleum products
Solar storm a-comin’! Batten down the planet! Seriously, it’s today and it’s supposed to be the strongest in six years, which is confusing because the one two months ago was supposed to be the strongest in seven years and how does THAT work? Anyway, it could “disrupt power grids, satellites, oil pipelines, and high-accuracy GPS […]
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Algae damn: Obama’s failed message on climate and energy innovation
By not mentioning climate change, Obama is letting the GOP rule the conversation on energy.
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Obama mocks drill, baby, drill: ‘The American people aren’t stupid’
In a speech on energy policy, Obama mocked the GOP's drill-baby-drill response to rising gas prices.
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11 important clean energy provisions in Obama’s budget proposal
By including investments in clean energy and efficiency that will create jobs and save taxpayers money, the president has proposed a budget for the 99%.
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Rocky’s road: One of the country’s greenest mayors guns for the White House
Rocky Anderson is running for president, and the third item on his to-do list (after getting the money out of politics and pulling the United States out of foreign wars) is fighting climate change. How cool is that?
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In SOTU, Obama trying yet again to blunt polluter attacks with policy concessions
In his State of the Union address tonight, Obama will try to convince the right that he loooves fossil fuels, despite his Keystone XL decision. As if going on the defensive has worked before.