Post-election hangover: Whither climate?
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Here’s why you shouldn’t bet that Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline
Unless you like betting on irrationality -- which, in politics, isn't a bad bet.
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California will start selling carbon allowances tomorrow
They make great stocking stuffers, unlike coal.
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2012: Hot, costly, and ready for action (on climate change)
And it won't happen, because we're all about to get screwed.
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Lame duck Congress may decide whether to save lame duck wind industry
If they don't, it would be pretty... well, you know.
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Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist thinks a carbon tax might make sense — with some caveats [UPDATED]
Grover Norquist's half-hearted endorsement of a carbon tax makes it slightly more likely to happen, but it probably still won't.
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You be the pessimist! Here’s why the election gives me hope
What if grassroots activists joined with green D.C. insiders, got the president to kill the Keystone pipeline, and put a price on carbon? Bill McKibben explains why the election should make us all optimists.
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Climate should be Obama’s No. 1 priority, say lots of people who aren’t tree-hugging enviros
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
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Obama limits oil-shale development OK’d by Bush
The Interior Dept. plans to close 1.6 million acres of federal land that had been slated by the Bush admin for oil-shale development. Remember Bush?
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Grist’s theme for November: What’s next for the climate?
Introducing: monthly themes! Here's a smattering of the stuff we've got on tap.
