Obama talks clean energy jobs, LA launches solar rooftop program
President Obama included job creation in his climate change speech June 25, while Los Angeles launched the largest-ever urban solar rooftop program.
Obama climate change speech important, but just a step
Obama argued for the necessity of tackling climate change. Al Gore said it was the "best presidential address on climate" ever.
Miami could become "American Atlantis;" Obama talks climate
Even if slashing carbon output won't prevent the floodpocalypse that awaits Miami, it will certainly help. And President Obama made significant headway on that front today at a speech in Georgetown University.
Nurses march across Golden Gate Bridge to protest Keystone
SAN FRANCISCO - Members of the National Nurses United union and environmentalist allies marched on June 20 across San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge in the latest show of opposition to the proposed and controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Emission Impossible: Obama plans to cut carbon output
As part of a planned comprehensive climate change strategy, President Obama will announce an effort in July to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Major oil-water spill darkens Alberta, Canada
In the wetlands of northern Alberta, Canada, outside the town of Zama City, everything is stained with the thick, pungent blackness of oil.
Redwood forest suffers for Game of Thrones-style wedding
Napster and Facebook co-founder Sean Parker decided to have a $2.5 million Game of Thrones-inspired wedding right in the middle of a California redwood forest, putting the ecosystem there at risk, as well as several threatened species of fish.
