Mitch McConnell
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The Green New Deal lost in the Senate, but it wasn’t necessarily a fail for Democrats
Most Senate Democrats voted "present" to avoid confronting more controversial pieces of the deal.
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Mitch McConnell thinks legalizing hemp is dope
Will the Senate Majority Leader help hemp go mainstream?
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Terrify a child with climate change inaction figures
Ted Cruz may never be president, but at least he finally has a figurine in his image.
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Republicans are going all out to sabotage a global climate deal
GOP congressional aides are calling foreign embassies in hopes of undermining the push to reach an international climate agreement this year.
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Republicans tell states to break the law and ignore Obama’s climate rules
Mitch McConnell proposes a solution for any state that doesn't like Obama's plan to cut carbon emissions: Just ignore it.
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Mitch McConnell, hemp hero
It's always seemed crazy that industrial hemp got swept up in the war on drugs. The senate's Republican majority leader thinks so too.
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Senate Democrats plan to kneecap the GOP’s Keystone bill
The newly weakened Senate Democratic caucus is trying to muster all the opposition it can to the impending vote on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Why Jon Stewart is excited about Mitch McConnell’s win
With renewable energy facing grim prospects in a GOP-controlled Congress, The Daily Show's hot silver fox has one weird trick to make it alright.
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McConnell opposes energy loan guarantees — except in Kentucky
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is outraged that politically connected energy companies are getting loan guarantees ... outside of Kentucky, his home state.