Obama's record on climate issues is not all bad.

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

Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.

Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.

Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change.

When it comes to climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just needs to be clean energy.

Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently.