Compared to coal, which generates almost half the electricity in the United States, natural gas is indeed a cleaner, less polluting fuel. But compared to, say, solar, it's filthy. And of course there is nothing renewable about natural gas.

Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

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

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

If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil.

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

Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney.