Blogs: New Energy

Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case for progressive policies. more »

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As the President and congressional leaders propose letting the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than $250,000 a year, conservatives in Congress are screaming "class warfare!" more »

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A prediction: the next Senator from Delaware will know that global warming is real and will support a cap on carbon emissions.

That description fits the Democratic nominee Chris Coons, who is running unopposed in tomorrow's primary, and GOP Rep. Mike Castle.

It does not fit Castle's primary opponent, the Tea Party Express-funded Christine O'Donnell. more »

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The rest of the world is realizing that extracting and burning fossil fuels as their main energy source is not a good, safe, sustainable and cost-effective approach, and is starting a transition to alternatives. more »

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The White House has agreed to meet with 350.org climate activist Bill McKibben about his quest to get the White House to bring back the solar panels that President Jimmy Carter installed and President Ronald Reagan ripped off. more »

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I am attending the National Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs conference in Last Vegas, hosted by Senator Harry Reid (who is spending the day here hosting this). The Summit is put on by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. more »

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At the turn of the 20^th Century, smoke meant jobs. When noxious fumes spewed from factory stacks, workers brought home paychecks. Industries hired. The future was bright as molten iron flowing from a blast furnace.

In industrial Pittsburgh’s heyday, the smoke was so dense streetlights remained lit at noon. White collar workers changed soot-covered shirts mid-day. more »

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I'd started thinking that I was too hard on our power company last week, when I agreed with Gov. O'Malley that their service was less reliable than power in some Third World countries. I was starting to think maybe that was a bit hyperbolic. more »

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Hey, everyone in the Rand Paul pile-on, make room for one more. I'm coming in for a landing!

I shouldn't pick on the good doctor, though he makes it too easy. After all, his latest media train wrecks gave me a chance to resurrect a timeline of industrial disasters I started researching after the Deepwater Horizon event, in response to a lot of conservatives (Rand Paul included) defending BP and blaming everyone from unions to environmentalists for the disaster.

My aim was to illustrate what Rand Paul exemplified in his most recent remarks on mine safety: the right-wing defenders of BP, Massey, and just about every other corporate polluter or regulation-dodger don't know much about the history of industrial disasters, the negligence that caused them, or the regulations and reforms they sparked.

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Conservative corporate executives -- many of whom are raking in profits while refusing to create jobs -- continue to complain that President Obama's agenda is blame for the weak economy because it has created too much more »

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