Global Warming

It's been an item of debate in D.C. circles for some time: who was really the worst head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?

Was it Anne Gorsuch Burford, who resigned from the EPA in disgrace after being cited for contempt of Congress?
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In case there was any doubt about it, the White House has officially said President Bush would veto the so-called Lieberman-Warner climate bill, which the Senate took up yesterday. more »

In my upcoming book, The Uprising, I report a whole chapter on the increasingly brilliant use of shareholder resolutions as an instrument of powerful political populism. more »

What we can learn from the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report

It has become part of the rites of Spring, along with television’s May “sweeps,” the Kentucky Derby, and Cinco de Mayo. more »

It didn’t make headlines here, but maybe it should have: last week France and the United Kingdom signed a joint declaration pledging cooperation in the fight against global warming. more »

Perhaps this is a good time to remind one and all of little-told stories that can have a big impact on the air we breathe -- and even see. more »