Nation Topics - Joe Barton | The Nation

As he pushes climate and energy legislation, will Obama keep up the tough talk?

Mopping up BP's current crisis and guarding against future environmental incidents will take more momentum than a speech, a meeting or a few hearings can deliver.

The agency has the tools to regulate greenhouse gases—if Congress doesn't take them away.

Don't listen to the fearmongers: government-run healthcare is cost-efficient, effective and far superior to the free-market mess we're in.

Can the ruling classes save the world from global warming?

Despite pressure from Internet mavens, Congress edged closer this week to a pay-as-you-go Internet.

A key House committee--with the support of many Democrats--has approved a
measure that eliminates the last remaining government policy
insuring local oversight on communications companies.