For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.

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

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.

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

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

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

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