Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change.

Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?

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

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.

In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.

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.

So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.