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.

This Dewdrop World is a beautiful, courageous, intimate film about love and loss. It may also be the deepest meditation on climate change that I've ever seen.

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.

It's not all Obama's fault: His plans to rebuild America's energy infrastructure have been hampered by the recession, and his efforts on global warming have been stymied by Tea Party wackos and weak-kneed Democrats in Congress.

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.

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

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