Articles Index

Obama Campaign Promises: Energy & the Environment
An overview and quick-reading details of '08 presidential candidate Barack Obama's policies on energy and the environment.

Global Warming Facts and Evidence
Physical evidence of global warming is widespread and startlingly significant, and is extensively monitored and catalogued by the worldwide scientific community.

The Effects of Global Warming
The effects of global warming are both consequential and widespread, and will continue to be catastrophic. And as a result of global warming processes, extreme weather-related effects will continue to impact Earth...

Solutions to Stop or Slow Global Warming
Solutions to slowing or stopping global warming lie in mankind's ability to slow and stop activities that inject greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere, especially the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, which are the two largest man-generated contributors to the greenhouse effect.

The Causes of Global Warming
Naturally occurring greenhouse gases have remained fairly constant over the past several hundred years. Greenhouse gases generated by mankind, though, have increased radically, especially in the past 60 years. Major sources of greenhouse gases generated by mankind are...

What Is Global Warming?
Global warming refers to the increasing temperature of Earth's surface, including land, water and near-surface air. Per most of the scientific community, Earth has warmed significantly since the mid-20th century due to an increase in greenhouse gases that trap heat on Earth.

Bush Budget Aims to Close All Amtrak Rail Services
The Bush budget for 2006 proposes ending federal support of Amtrak, the only US national passenger rail service. Eliminating federal support will force Amtrak into bankruptcy and will cause it to shut operations. This move will push more riders into gas-guzzling, polluting cars and planes. Some claim that the Bush Administration has sold the railroads out to oil, airline and automotive interests. Even Senator Rick Santorum said "It's not acceptable to me."

Liberalism 101: Democratic Party Agenda on the Environment
The Democratc Party Agenda on the environment expresses the belief that a healthy environment and health economy are not mutually exclusive, and that a sensible energy policy is key to both a strong economy and a clean environment.

Liberalism 101: Democratic Party Agenda on Energy Independence
The following is the Democratic Party agenda on energy independence. "We will create a cleaner, greener and stronger America by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, eliminating billions in subsidies for oil and gas companies... "

Democratic Senators Ask Bush for Cooperation on Global Warming
On November 15, 2006 Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) sent the following letter to President George W. Bush, asking him to commit to working with the new Congress to pass meaningful climate change legislation in 2007...

Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works for 2007-08
On November 16, 2006, Sen. Barbara Boxer, incoming Chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment & Public Works announced subcommittee chairs for the 110th Congress, which is in session from January 2007 to December 2008. Subcommittee Chairs and areas of authority and responsibility are...

Bush Strips Logging & Drilling Protections from US Forests
In May 2005, President Bush opened nearly 60 million acres of protected US National Forest land to logging, drilling and destructive road building, fully one-third of US forests. Among them are some of the most beloved, beautiful and oldest US wilderness areas. In doing so, Bush overturned a centerpiece of the Clinton presidency, one that took 2 years and 600 public meetings, and received 4 million public comments.