Energy & Environment

September 9, 2009 - National green jobs advisor Van Jones resigned from the Obama administration over the weekend following attacks by conservative commentators and politicians over controversial statement

September 20, 2006 - Here's where the global warming "debate" stands right now: On the science of global warming, there is little debate -- just an overwhelming consensus among experts that temperatures are rising, and human activity is a major factor.But the idea that there is a "debate" stays alive, largely because politicians and the media are plied with a steady stream of dubious data -- produced by academics who are funded by energy companies -- which argues that either global warming isn't a problem, or that human activity isn't to blame.