Mark Hertsgaard | The Nation

They respect science. But will Obama's team show the necessary spine to cut greenhouse gases and resist "clean coal" and nuclear power propaganda?

The story of the plumber who helped deliver Indiana to Obama.

The United States and the world need to launch a climate rescue plan that's at least as ambitious as the Wall Street bailout.

Sarah Palin played a key role in the Bush administration's effort to ditch the Endangered Species Act.

Senate Republicans in denial about global warming blocked a vote Friday on the Climate Security Act, setting the stage for how the next President will address the Earth's most pressing issue.

The debate over the Climate Security Act reveals a lot about how the next Congress--and the next President--will address the most urgent issue facing humanity.

The era of cheap, plentiful oil is just about over. Now what?

As carbon emissions raise the planetary temperature, environmental activists are asking Nobel laureate Al Gore to engage in civil disobedience protesting construction of coal-fired power plants. He hasn't said no.

As scenarios on the impact of global warming worsen, Senate Democrats are poised to abandon a realistic bill and support a deeply flawed measure that doesn't solve the problem.

Memo to Congress: the Arctic is on thin ice--and so are you.