The Public Does Not Support Suing the EPA over Clean Power Plan

  The leaders of the Republican Party in 26 states plan to sue the EPA to stop the Clean Power Plan. Those same leaders often justify what they want to do by claiming it is what the people want. But in this case, they are doing more what the fossil fuel companies want. The public in 23...

Newsflash: The Earth's Temperature Is Still Going up

      environment climate-change global-warming john-mccain co2 noaa george-will congressman-lamar-smith tom-karl Conservative politicians and columnists like to say,”The Earth’s temperature hasn’t gone up since 1998″. That is certainly wrong, and creates doubts about them...

Snowball-Throwing, Climate-Denying Senator May Crash Paris Climate Talks

    Seeded by Que2646VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE:| Care2 Causes Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:25 AM     At the Copenhagen climate conference, Sen. Inhofe was not allowed to speak and was ignored except by other climate deniers. He gave a speech to members of the Cornwall Alliance and...

The Paris Climate Conference: Pope Francis and CEOs Urge Action  

    By Que2646   On his world tour, Pope Francis called on world leaders to address climate change in November at the Paris Climate Conference. It is not just religious leaders and climate scientist who are concerned, but business leaders who are aware that climate change will hurt...

Climate change and Pope Francis' visit with Congress

This is an exerpt of an article prepared by the Citizens' Climate Lobby.Pope Francisappearance before a joint session of the U.S. House and Senate on Sept. 24 should be viewed as an opportunity to begin a bipartisan conversation about solving humanitys biggest problem.One of those worst-case...

Westar Energy's Rate Request: A Study in Short-Term Thinking

Many of Americas power companies have put their profits before the health of our citizens and the protection of the environment. The American Lung Association estimates that the EPAs proposed guidelines for particulates could prevent 38,000 heart attacks and premature deaths, 1.5 million cases of...

Seed: How Much Will Ignoring Climate Change Cost? Here’s the Alarming Answer

Although many people are concerned about what addressing climate change might cost us , Citibank predicted the cost of ignoring climate change.Here is what they came up with:$44 trillion.Citigroups new report, Energy Darwinism II: Why a Low Carbon Future Doesnt Have to Cost the Earth. Its hard...

The Citizens' Climate Lobby: A Better Way to Reduce Carbon Emissions

The article Obama orders steeper cuts from power plants described how the EPAs proposed limits on carbon pollution could cost $8.4 billion annually by 2030. The Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) has a better way, a Carbon Fee and Dividend, which would produce deeper cuts in pollution in a shorter...

Thermodynamics Says There Is No "Hiatus "in Global Warming

During the 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain proposed a pragmatic national energy policy based upon good stewardship, good science, and reasonableness. George Will attacked his proposal, claiming that global temperatures have not risen in a decade. He claimed the hottest year on record was...

The Nuclear Treaty with Iran: Please Write Your Legislators

The framework for nuclear deal with Iran has now been approved with the details to be worked out later.Eventuallythe Senate will be called upon to ratify the final treaty, and it is important that we begin building support for the treaty in Congress. A war between Iran and Israel would...