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.

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.

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

Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.

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

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

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