 |   Happy retirement Coal utilities are trying to scare Congress into thinking that if EPA follows up with its planned regulations, electricity rates will soar and there will be reliability problems in the electricity grid. Is it true? According to a comprehensive new analysis, no. David Roberts explains.
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 Deny, deny, deny Joe Miller's potential upset of sitting Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski could mean another climate change skeptic in the U.S. Senate. Miller attributes global warming to natural, "cyclical changes" in Earth's climate. And Miller's not the only denier running for Congress this fall. Find out more.
 shifting gears As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Despite the global economic crisis, this energy transition is moving at a pace and on a scale that we could not have imagined even two years ago. And it is a worldwide phenomenon. Lester Brown explains.
 California greening With Election Day 2010 approaching, the high octane battle over the country's last climate change law has spilled over state lines. Opponents of California's Proposition 23, which would suspend the state's landmark climate change bill, are moving beyond their California clean tech base and hitting up out-of-state donors to help finance the No on 23 campaign. Find out more.
 drunk with power Scottish scientists have been thinking a lot about drinking and driving. And what they've discovered will knock you off your feet.
 Crude behavior The investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion continues against a backdrop of some less-than-peppy news about our climate and energy future. Find out more.
 age-defying solution We could probably all stand to talk a little more to our friends and family about why climate change matters. But who would be willing to sit through all that just to spend time with you? Your grandparents, of course. Watch this!
 Curses, Oiled Again The Center for Responsive Politics reports that Big Oil spent $75 million lobbying Congress in the first six months of 2010. Brad Pitt says he'd reconsider the "death penalty" for BP. Some enviros think the Gulf leak will be good for Louisiana wetlands. And more ...
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