Cometh the hour, the old phrase goes, cometh the man. Barack Obama is staking much of his high credibility by calling for the House to pass the landmark US Climate bill, that may come before the House this afternoon.
Or it may not, depending on the political drama. While Democratic support has been growing, some media [...]

Within hours, the giant will be dead. General Motors will be no more. The world’s largest car maker will file for bankruptcy in a New York court room.
With $176.4bn of liabilities - it will be the world’s largest industrial bankruptcy, the world’s third largest to date, after Lehman Brothers and Worldcom. The colossus of the [...]

Years and years ago I sat in a meeting entitled “Talking with the Enemy” where a bunch of enviros sat down with leading corporate executives and talked about the topical issues of the day.
One of the participants was the man from Volvo who talked about the company’s prototype vehicle the LCP 2000, that could, in [...]

In another break from the failed Bush policies, today President Obama is expected to direct federal regulators to allow an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards.
Known as the “Californian waiver” under the Clean Air Act, it would allow Californian and 13 others to set their [...]

It is over fifty years ago when the then Chief Executive of General Motors, Charles Wilson, famously told the Senate in 1953 that “for years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa”.
Not any more. It could well be the end of the road for General [...]