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• Any hope for meaningful U.S. climate policy? A somewhat positive view

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 5:16 PM By Robert Stavins

  The current conventional wisdom ­– broadly echoed by the news media and the blogosphere – is that comprehensive, economy-wide CO2 cap-and-trade legislation is dead in the current U.S. Congress, and perhaps for the next several years. Watch out for conventional wisdoms! Read More

• Cafeteria Confidential

  What’s for breakfast at school today? 13 teaspoons of sugar

  Posted 4 Feb 2010 4:02 AM By Ed Bruske

  Yesterday I stopped by the cafeteria at my daughter's school here in the District of Columbia -- H.D. Cooke Elementary -- and this is what many of the kids were having for breakfast: A package of sugar-glazed cookies called Kellogg's Crunchmania Cinnamon buns; chocolate- or strawberry-flavored milk; grape juice. Read More

• Firing blanks

  Four stories that should have changed the media narrative ... but didn’t

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 2:55 PM By David Roberts

  One of the most frustrating things about covering national energy politics is that conventional wisdom in D.C. never seems to change. Narratives there are a) completely at odds with the rest of the world's and b) absolutely impenetrable. Case in point: there were at least four stories last week that should have changed the narrative, but none of them made a dent. Read More

• Raw Milk Battlefield Stories

  Whatever happened to the government’s war on raw milk? Just a shift in tactics

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 10:59 AM By David Gumpert

  The fact that the heavy-handed intimidation operations against raw dairies have abated over the last couple years shouldn't be mistaken for a letup in the federal and state campaign against raw milk. Earlier assaults on owners of small farms generated enough unfavorable publicity that federal and state authorities have opted for a less distasteful approach. The emphasis now is on ever-closer regulatory oversight of raw milk sellers and distributors, as well as court actions. Read More

• Don't bet on it

  What are the chances of a cap-and-trade system being established in the U.S. this year?

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 12:49 PM By Lisa Hymas

  16.9 percent, according to Intrade.com, an online betting site -- down from 59 percent last summer, but up from 12.7 percent late last month. Read More

• NEXT STEPS

  Walking: A simple focus for the Smart Growth movement

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 12:04 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Sure, walkable neighborhoods help the climate, public health, and public safety. But people at last week's Smart Growth conference talked about how they simply liked being in places that were built to the scale of people, not autos. Read More

• Pasture politics

  The organic movement is a civic process, not a set of standards 2

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 12:03 PM By E. Melanie DuPuis

  The organic dairy world been plunged into a scalding debate between the watchdog group Cornucopia and the respected California organic dairy Strauss. Dairy-politics scholar Melanie Dupuis weighs in with an historical perspective. Read More

• Obama admin launches new Climate Service and climate.gov

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:27 AM By Agence France-Presse

  The Obama administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy. Read More

• Lobbyists rush to block EPA action on climate change

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:15 AM By Marianne Lavelle

  Like a lot of industry groups, the farm lobby says it would prefer that Congress tackle climate change rather than leaving the job to the bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency. But now, the prospect of EPA greenhouse gas regulation looms large -- mostly because agriculture and so many other interests haven't liked any of the climate bills so far on Capitol Hill. Read More

• hot and bothered

  U.N. climate chief raises the temperature with racy novel

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 10:07 AM By Agence France-Presse

  Rajendra Pachauri, who is at the heart of a controversy over a few instances of incorrect global warming data, has penned a racy novel that dishes up sex, reincarnation, and a real-life Hollywood actress. Read More

• Edible schoolyards, overworked teachers

  To flourish, school gardens need more than photo ops 1

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 7:00 AM By Sarah Bernardi

  Michelle Obama's high-profile advocacy has helped make school gardens popular. But for school gardens to flourish and reach their educational potential, they'll need more resources, argues a teacher whose students helped the First Lady break ground on the White House Garden. Read More

• we audi know better

  The unheralded significance of the Audi ‘green police’ ad 17

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 1:16 AM By David Roberts

  The Audi ad during the Super Bowl seems at first blush to be yet another pot shot at greens meant to appeal to mooks. But scratch beneath the surface and there's something more -- and more interesting -- going on. Read More

• A new American environmentalism and the new economy 1

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 5:00 AM By Gus Speth

• Ask Umbra on engagement rings, straws, and napkins 4

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Palin bashes ‘cap and tax’ and commends Obama on nuclear 10

  Posted 7 Feb 2010 1:44 PM By Lisa Hymas

• The little solar that could 9

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 3:09 PM By Todd Woody

• USDA makes the right call on school meat safety, animal tracking 3

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 2:24 PM By Tom Laskawy

• How Hurricane Katrina turned me into a citrus fanatic and marmalade maker 2

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 1:11 PM By April McGreger

• Hello, Dal-ly: curried red lentils 2

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 11:13 AM By Tom Philpott

• A chat with Sen. Bernie Sanders on his new 10 million solar roofs bill 34

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 12:53 AM By David Roberts

• The N2 dilemma: Is America fertilizing disaster?

  Posted 4 Feb 2010 9:00 PM

• Iraq veterans hit GOP for aiding terrorists with oil money 7

  Posted 4 Feb 2010 4:35 PM By Brad Johnson

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