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A California earthquake shocks Detroit
More bad news for automakers? California's Henry Waxman wins a preliminary vote to unseat Michigan's John Dingell as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
By Andrew Leonard November 19, 2008
Sarah Palin's silly energy speech
Neither Alaska, nor its governor, has the answer to America's energy problems
By Andrew Leonard October 29, 2008
Hurricane Ike and Ronald Reagan
A future of ever-stormier weather will make life tough for Gulf offshore oil drillers. Go ahead, blame the Gipper.
By Andrew Leonard September 9, 2008
The GOP gives up an inch on climate change
The 2008 Party Platform concedes humans could be messing up the weather. But the cost of fixing the mess won't be cheap. Just ask the Dutch
By Andrew Leonard September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska
Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change
By Andrew Leonard August 29, 2008
Will Hurricane Gustav crash the Republican convention?
Drill here, drill now -- whoops, batten down the hatches, a storm is coming!
By Andrew Leonard August 26, 2008
The new Cold War: Bad for a hot planet
When Russia and Georgia rolled out the tanks, Europe's effort to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions may have gotten blitzed
By Andrew Leonard August 21, 2008
How to measure bovine gas
Cows fart, and the world gets warmer. And science marches on
By Andrew Leonard July 14, 2008
Rich country, poor country, hot planet
Europe's head start on fighting climate change might offer some useful hints for the masters of the global economy currently meeting in Japan.
By Andrew Leonard July 7, 2008
Germany: We are the green champions, of the world
While other nations whine about climate change, Germany takes action
By Andrew Leonard June 23, 2008
The insignificance of offshore drilling
Even Bush's Department of Energy acknowledges that more drilling in the U.S. won't relieve gas price pain. For real short-term help, look to China
By Andrew Leonard June 19, 2008
Gas prices and offshore drilling
Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.
By Andrew Leonard June 18, 2008
Global warming versus a bad economy
Why did Ohio's liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown vote with the Republicans to kill a climate change bill?
By Andrew Leonard June 6, 2008
Big Tobacco and the war on science
How in the world does one connect Rachel Carson and DDT to the public health dangers of cigarettes? Ask Philip Morris
By Andrew Leonard June 3, 2008
American Airlines' plan to save the planet
How charging fees for checked baggage will stop climate change.
By Andrew Leonard May 21, 2008
Newt Gingrich's fantasy land
The former speaker of the house blames high gas prices on left-leaning politicians who want to save the environment. Even if he's right, he's still deluded.
By Andrew Leonard May 21, 2008
The United Auto Workers vs. California
Attempts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions "discriminate" against the makers of SUVS, complains the UAW.
By Andrew Leonard May 20, 2008
The peak oil culture wars
Do conservatives oppose conservation because they don't like taking the bus? Or because they're terrified that those dirty hippies were right all along?
By Andrew Leonard May 12, 2008
Your very own climate change Victory Garden
Michael Pollan urges us all to grow our own veggies. But farming is work -- ask any peasant
By Andrew Leonard April 22, 2008
FedEx bets on the California sunshine
But what's the company going to do when it absolutely, positively has to offset its humongous carbon footprint?
By Andrew Leonard April 22, 2008
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