Venice, LA – I’m down at the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico or what for now is the Gulf of Mexico.  Rick Steiner, a marine conservationist and oil spill expert flew over the gulf Wednesday morning and said, “It’s not the Gulf of Mexico any more. It’s the gulf of oil.”
Rick’s been helping [...]

The United States Joint Forces Command goes by the slogan “Ready for today. Preparing for tomorrow”.
But the military planners are certainly getting worried about tomorrow.
They argue that “Fossil fuels will very likely remain the predominant energy source going forward,” but then warn that “a severe energy crunch is inevitable without a massive expansion of production [...]

In its investigation into the explosion of corporate lobbyists swarming around the US Climate Bill last year, the Centre for Public Integrity noted that “agriculture-based alternative fuels were especially well represented among the new lobbying entrees”.
In fact, the CIJ pointed out, the agriculture industry is the fourth largest industry lobby on climate in the United [...]

We have always known that the oil industry and the Republican Party make close bedfellows, but now Obama’s Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, has launched a stinging attack on the oil industry saying it was acting “like an arm” of the Republicans.
He lambasted the industry for issuing “untruths” about the Obama Administration’s oil and gas lease [...]

So the Senate Climate Bill has finally been released. After months of meetings and waiting, two Democratic Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer have released their 800 page tome  - the  Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.
But note there is no mention of the dreaded C word in the title – Climate.