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Welcome to the CPAC LiveBlog!

How will conservatives handle their colossal failure to govern? Will they blame Dubya? Will they claim they weren't conservative enough? Unlike their president, will they actually admit mistakes? To find out, we're in the belly of the beast, blogging live from the...

Clean Energy Battle Royale?

The following was initially posted at The Huffington Post America's governors have begun to throw down over who can become the most energy independent and bring in the most jobs. Will the presidential candidates be next? Yesterday marked the end of a landmark event,...

Energy Blast On Capitol Hill

The Apollo Alliance Summit took its campaign for energy independence and good jobs to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, meeting with members of Congress and their staffs and pressing for increased government support of renewable energy. On the Hill, the Apollo agenda got an...

Bernie and Hillary Cap Off Summit

Senators Hillary Clinton (NY) and Bernie Sanders (VT) thanked Apollo Summiteers for coming to Capitol Hill and pressing their representatives to create good jobs by investing in renewable energy. At a lunchtime event in the Senate, Sen. Sanders said of the...

Rep. Inslee Rallies The Troops

Apollo Summiteers are off to Capitol Hill today, meeting with congresspeople and their staffs and pressing for increased government support of renewable energy. Before they took to the Hill, Rep. Jay Inslee (WA) addressed the Summit and deemed the Apollo Alliance the...

Good Environment = Good Economy

Monday night's dinner speakers offered a common theme: the future of our economy is tied to the future of our environment. Keynote speaker Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell emphasized that the development of renewable energy is not just "a race for energy independence" but...

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