Article By Guest Contributor: Lynann Butkiewicz As Congress convenes in the weeks before the mid-term elections, there is likely to be one final push for a comprehensive energy bill, although the chances of it passing are slim. Congress will be looking to pass top priority legislation addressing the key issues concerning the American public including [...]

As of July 22nd , the second effort to enact a Climate Change bill in this congress failed. Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid announced that the ‘We know that we don’t have the votes’ for a comprehensive reform. Instead, the focus will be on a slimmer package focusing on household efficiency and the gulf [...]

    ‘We will protect India’s natural environment and take steps to rejuvenate it.’  (Congress party election manifesto).  ’One earth, green earth: Creating the right environment.’  (BJP party election manifesto) Consensus in election manifestos is the last thing one would expect during the national elections in India. But as it turns out, India’s leading political parties [...]

Yesterday, Obama appointed John Holden as his Chief Science Advisor and Jane Lubchenco to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which carries out most of the government research on climate change. Both have advocated greater government action on climate change. “This is a superb appointment,” Sir David King, former UK chief scientific advisor, [...]