When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.

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.

For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.

Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.

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

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.