Over the past year, the momentum has shifted in the climate debate. Everything has changed. Instead of debating whether we need to take climate change seriously, it is time for policymakers and citizens alike to ask what we need to do to put the full strength of the American economy to work solving the climate crisis.

Five years ago tonight, in Rio de Janeiro, 216 passengers and 12 crew members boarded Air France flight 447 bound for Paris. The overnight flight takes about 11 hours. Many passengers would have been sleeping – some stretched out flat and comfortable in business class, others wedged in with their necks aching in economy – […]

President Obama surprised many with the attention (158 words!) that he gave to climate change in his inaugural address.  “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” he promised.  Encouraging, yes.  But how we respond matters as much as if […]