In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.

In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect.

When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room.

Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century.

President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.

Climate scientists have long pointed to the Southwest as one of the places in the U.S. that is most vulnerable to global warming impacts, especially drought. And if there's one thing that even climate denialists don't dispute, dry things burn.