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

In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average.

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.

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

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

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

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.