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Barack Obama

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    Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz on the new corporate push for climate action

    Timberland CEO Jeff SwartzPhoto: TimberlandCould corporate America finally be stirring from its climate change slumber? Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz believes the answer is a qualified yes. If recent events are any indication, we’re inclined to agree with him. In the last few weeks companies from Apple and Nike to Pacific Gas and Electric have been […]

    Mary Bruno Politics

  • Carbon poker

    I had a dream about watching one of those high stakes poker games that you see on TV these days. There were bit players who you knew, from the few colored chips in front of them, would soon fold — but the two “whales” at the table were Barack Obama and Hu Jintao. They each […]

    Terry Tamminen Politics

  • Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

    “I applaud Chairmen Kerry and Boxer for their leadership on comprehensive energy reform. With the draft legislation they are announcing today, we are one step closer to putting America in control of our energy future and making America more energy independent. My Administration is deeply committed to passing a bill that creates new American jobs […]

    Joseph Romm Politics

  • Obama is going to Copenhagen to push Chicago’s Olympic bid this week

      President Barack Obama, who initially planned to let First Lady Michelle Obama represent the United States in Copenhagen this week, when the International Olympic Committee chooses a site for the 2016 summer games, plans to travel there too…. “There is no greater expression of the support our bid enjoys, from the highest levels of […]

    Joseph Romm Uncategorized

  • Obama’s absurd Olympic boosterism

    Arches, now deserted, built for the 2004 Athens Olympics. As healthcare reform shipwrecks and climate legislation lurches toward a similar fate, President Obama is … preparing to jet to Copenhagen to shill for Chicago as 2016 Olympic site? Really? What an absurd and ignoble use of time and prestige. When I think of the Olympics, […]

    Tom Philpott Cities

  • James Hansen on Obama, climate legislation, and the scourge of coal

    Cross-posted from Earth Island Institute. A recent article in the New York Times pointedly asked whether NASA climate scientist Dr. James Hansen still matters. The subtext to the story was, has Hansen been too vocal and too unconventional in his criticism of Washington’s response to climate change to be taken seriously? Hansen, dubbed by some […]

    Nell Greenberg Politics

  • Obama is going to Copenhagen to push Chicago’s Olympic bid this week

    President Barack Obama, who initially planned to let First Lady Michelle Obama represent the United States in Copenhagen this week, when the International Olympic Committee chooses a site for the 2016 summer games, plans to travel there too…. “There is no greater expression of the support our bid enjoys, from the highest levels of government […]

    Joseph Romm Climate & Energy

  • G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves

    Let man tear asunder.On Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama formally announced that the world’s 20 major developed and developing nations had agreed to gradually eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies.  It was the only climate-specific policy directive to come out of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Pittsburgh, and it fell far short in the view of […]

    Emily Gertz Politics

  • Climate-news poem: Tck, tck, tck edition

    Clock block.This week saw heated multitudes descend on NYC Their passions were aflame, though some were acting quite icy. A human countdown filled the park with cries of Tck, Tck, Tck And Indy told his corporate pals this problem they could lick. Obama wowed the world by saying nothing much, and how! He met his […]

    Katharine Wroth Culture