+Politics | July 18, 2011

Clean Coal Canceled Thanks to Poor Policy

By Tara Thean

If Congress had the wherewithal to establish a robust energy and climate change policy, there might have been a transformative bit of construction underway right now, next to the towering Mountaineer coal power plant, in New Haven, West Va. Mountaineer, like nearly every other coal plant in the world, pours tons of carbon into the [...]

+Politics | February 14, 2011

Politics: Obama’s Budget Giveth and Taketh from Energy and the Environment

By Bryan Walsh

It’s Budget Day in Washington, when policy wonks break out the calculators that have the “trillions” button and decide whether we’ll have six more weeks of winter, or six decades more of crippling budget deficits. Actually, today is the day President Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2012, which you can explore in [...]

+Energy | July 20, 2010

Bringing Together the World’s Energy Ministers for Clean Power

By Bryan Walsh

As I write this, the first Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is getting underway in Washington, with opening remarks from Energy Secretary Steven Chu—apparently taking  a short break from uncovering problems in BP’s well capping procedures. (You can watch a live webcast of the meeting here.) The two-day meeting—yesterday’s session was closed to the public—brings together [...]