by Thom Hartmann | Jul 10, 2014 | Climate
The world is going solar. According to new data released by the Fraunhofer Institute, in the first half of 2014, renewable energy, like solar power, accounted for almost 31% of ALL electricity produced in Germany. In fact, solar power generation was up 28% during the...
by Joshua Holland | Jun 13, 2014 | Climate
There is nothing controversial about the work of climatologist Michael Mann, director of Penn State’s Earth System Science Center. His innovative research helped recreate the Earth’s historical temperature record and separate the noise of natural weather fluctuations...
by Thom Hartmann | Jun 6, 2014 | Climate
This week, the President announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The plan is one of the strongest actions our nation has ever taken to fight climate change, and it puts us on track to meet environmental targets established in a 2009 United...
by Bill Scher | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog, Climate
I've argued both here and at Real Clear Politics that the EPA climate regulations announced Monday, while critical to the planet, are politically treacherous for Democrats, especially this November when several Democrat-held Senate seats in coal and oil states are up...
by Thom Hartmann | May 30, 2014 | Climate, Conservatism
Republicans in the House of Representatives are not only denying climate science – they're actually blocking the Pentagon from taking any action on it. Earlier this month, the House passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which bars the...
by Bill Scher | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Climate
In December, House Speaker John Boehner famously slammed the Heritage Foundation and other groups that opposed his bipartisan budget agreement before it was announced, saying: "When groups come out and criticize an agreement they've never seen, you begin to wonder...
