Features - Climate Change

The Indian approach to climate and energy policy

India may not be responsible for the high greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, but that's no reason for New Delhi to cling to poor energy policies.

Public safety and transporting ethanol

Ethanol production is growing exponentially, but firefighters' ability to respond to emergencies involving alternative fuels hasn't kept pace.

The upside to FutureGen's demise

Redistributing the government's multibillion-dollar investment in a single clean-coal demonstration plant to smaller, private projects would benefit the carbon-capture-and-storage industry.

Reducing emissions in transportation fuels

California's low-carbon fuel standard demonstrates to the rest of the world how markets can lead the way toward cleaner fuel sources.

The need for an international moratorium on coal power

Unless we drastically reduce emissions from coal power plants, all other efforts to stabilize climate change will be nearly fruitless.

Reflections on the U.N. climate change negotiations in Bali

The elusive road map to a global climate agreement begins with science--which is exceedingly clear about what our targets must be.

Time for a U.S. energy strategy

If Washington is serious about weaning the country off of foreign oil and slashing carbon emissions, it should follow California's lead.