We should use the transition to a better energy strategy as an opportunity to create a better economy and a better country all around.

I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.

Rich countries do civil wars with tweets and votes.

We actually need conservatives to be better conservatives and we need liberals to be better and stronger liberals.

If we do nothing, the ensuing climate catastrophe will wreck our economy - including wreaking havoc on our food production systems. All credible scientists agree on this point.

Clean energy independence should be an area of common ground.

Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?