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The McCain-Clinton energy proposal is a reminder that the biggest energy crisis we have in our country today is the energy to be serious.

A New York Times Editorial by Thomas Friedman

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Courtesy of Vanity Fair
May 2008 Issue

The usual chorus of environmentalists and editorial writers has chimed in to attack President Bush's recent speech on climate change. In his address of April 23, he put forth a goal of stopping the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2025.

By Steven F. Hayward, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.

European countries plan to use coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth, in new power plants.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, courtesy of the New York Times

Biofuels are suddenly being blamed for every global ill. Most of this, to borrow a farm image, is hogwash and bilge.

By Roger Cohen - An Editorial, courtesy of the New York Times

As oil prices hit $117 a barrel this month, a forecast from Shell Oil outlines two very different possibilities for the future of the world's energy supply.

Courtesy of NPR

President Bush’s Rose Garden speech last week seemed cynically designed to prevent others from showing the leadership he refuses to provide.

An Editorial, courtesy of the New York Times

We Can Clean Up Our Act, But It'll Cost Us

By Steven Mufson, courtesy of the Washington Post

Nine years ago The Economist ran a big story on oil, which was then selling for $10 a barrel. The magazine warned that this might not last. Instead, it suggested, oil might well fall to $5 a barrel.

By Paul Krugman, courtesy of the New York Times

Oil’s future is murky. With China and India rising, the supply question looms.

By Jad Mouawad, courtesy of the New York Times

* A growing consensus within the world’s scientific community holds that the Earth is warming and that this trend is related to greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity. Alarm over the social and economic impact of global warming is making governments act to reduce these emissions.

* But what will the reductions entail, who will pay for them, and how much will they unsettle consumers and businesses?

* A significant McKinsey research study that comprehensively examined the cost and feasibility of hundreds of ways to reduce emissions in developed economies suggests some good news: we can reduce emissions significantly, at little or no cost, and with little impact on how we live.

Courtesy of The McKinsey Quarterly, login required.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs says that the world's population, climate change, poverty and resource use are all closely intertwined. In his book Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, Sachs discusses the intersection of economics and the environment and argues that humanity must address global problems on a global scale. Listen Now

Governors from across the United States who bypassed the Bush administration by introducing laws to cut greenhouse emissions are slated to meet this week to broaden their fight against climate change.

By Timothy Gardner of Reuters

The collapse of Australia's rice production may foretell some of the effects of global warming on agriculture.

By Keith Bradsher, courtesy of the New York Times

Solar power, the holy grail of renewable energy, has always faced the problem of how to store the energy captured from the sun’s rays so that demand for electricity can be met at night or whenever the sun is not shining.

By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

The charged and complex debate over how to slow down global warming has become a lot more complicated.

By Andrew C. Revkin, courtesy of the New York Times

Economic slowdown normally tames prices, but these aren't normal times.

When the economy slows down, the resulting drop in demand normally takes some of the pressure off inflation. But these are not normal times: Even as the economy is slumping, oil prices are rising and food prices are jumping.

By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer, MSNBC

Environmental lawyers make a concentrated effort to stop new ones from being built; a coalition claims 65 victories in the last year. But industry groups are fighting back.

By Judy Pasternak, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times

The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate to help solve the problem of rising food prices.

An Editorial, courtesy of the New York Times