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

Climate scientists have long pointed to the Southwest as one of the places in the U.S. that is most vulnerable to global warming impacts, especially drought. And if there's one thing that even climate denialists don't dispute, dry things burn.

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

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.

Obama's record on climate issues is not all bad.

Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up.

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