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

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

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 climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just needs to be clean energy.

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

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.

Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.