(Obama and Baucus have the power to push for a carbon tax, says Bo Cutter: AP) We are at an unacknowledged turning point for the economy and the environment. We could, right now, substantially reduce our debt and deficit projections, take a major step toward a better environment, create a simpler and fairer tax system, […]

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(James Hansen quit NASA to mount a movement against carbon emissions: Fox News.) The annual Ridenhour Prizes in Washington, D.C., awarded by the Fertel Foundation and the Nation Institute, last week celebrated 10 years of honoring whistleblowers, advocates, writers, and filmmakers who expose injustice and uncover corruption, often at great personal cost. Each year I […]

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After hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil leaked from an aging pipeline last Friday, spewing thick black crude onto the green lawns and clean driveways of a housing development in suburban Arkansas, many wondered if the spill’s impact on public opinion might affect the Obama administration’s forthcoming decision on whether to greenlight the proposed […]

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Steve Horn confirmed Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a no-fly zone over Mayflower, Arkansas, where the Pegasus oil pipeline ruptured on Friday spilling an estimated 12,000 barrels of Canadian crude (or 504,000 gallons) into lawns, driveways and drainage ditches in a suburban housing development. Authorities told local TV reporters that at least […]

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President Barack Obama could not have been clearer about the urgency of now: “For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change,” he said in his State of the Union address. He issued a call to action—and a threat: “I urge this Congress to pursue a bipartisan, […]

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