It may be too late for West Virginia to save itself from the ravages of Big Coal. But it's not too late for America.

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

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.

In reality, studies show that investments to spur renewable energy and boost energy efficiency generate far more jobs than oil and coal.

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

In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average.

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.