A timely and strategic response to the challenges of global climate change is more that an environmental issue; it is a humanitarian crisis in-the-making that our institutional leaders have failed to seriously address. Three plus years into the Obama Administration, there has yet to be any comprehensive energy legislation. While the President clearly recognizes the [...]

Plans to extend the Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands in Canada, to the Gulf Shores in the United States have officially been put on hold this afternoon. In a statement, President Obama said, “the Secretary of State has recommended that the application be denied.  And after reviewing the State Department’s report, I [...]

Two major energy policy issues have been garnering attention recently, and they may serve to test the Obama administration’s commitment to the environment and sustainability. The simultaneous debates over the failure of Solyndra and the proposed Keystone XL pipeline highlight and contrast the dialogue around our domestic energy sources, and the role of government in [...]

Despite dire warnings from climate scientists and a call to action from a vast majority of US citizens, Republican officials remain intent on ignoring the environmental crisis. A serious discussion on a progressive energy plan is virtually non-existent, and the recent attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency threaten to take steps even further backward. Making [...]