U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today introduced legislation to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area in Taos County as wilderness. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Tom Udall and has strong support from the local community.

A clip of Carper's wind power idea

Hicklenlooper Blogs: Colorado is recognized as a leader in wind, solar and geothermal energy, and for what former Gov. Bill Ritter called the "new energy economy." Colorado is also home to abundant supplies of natural gas and low-sulfur coal.

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon each were presented Wednesday evening with the Utah Solar Energy Association’s 2012 Solar Energy Champion award.

Chris Mooney writing in AlterNet states: "Authoritarian people have a stronger emotional need for an outlet like Fox, where they can find affirmation and escape factual challenges to their beliefs."

A Democratic senator urged President Barack Obama not to renominate the top U.S. commodities regulator unless he quickly implements trading curbs intended to dampen speculation and reduce fuel costs for Americans.

Conservatives who consider themselves well-informed and educated are also deeper in denial about issues like global warming...the “smart idiots” effect: The fact that politically sophisticated or knowledgeable people are often more biased, and less persuadable, than the ignorant.

Fox News reports that "the fact is, for the good of our country and our economy, rejecting the Keystone XL deal was the best decision possible."

Solyndra’s failure was actually caused by technological success: the price of solar panels is dropping fast, and Solyndra couldn’t keep up with the competition.

Feinstein and others unveiled more plans and strategies to restore the lake, and shared hopes of moving beyond litigation to innovation aimed at swapping out the lake's ailing, pollution-prone infrastructure with more environmentally sound development.

Gingrich back pedals on climate change, will he back pedal on bipartisan education plans next?

As the budget standoff between the Republican controlled House of Representatives and the Democrats reaches a fever pitch, much of the media attention — and frustration — has been focused on reaching a solution to avert a government shutdown. But, under the radar, newly-elected Republicans across the country are proposing disastrous environmental legislation to achieve radical-right aims, such as opening state parks for fracking and exposing their citizens to industrial waste.

It has been a long wait for “peak oilers,” whose passionate belief is that the world will run out of oil in coming years, sending prices through the roof.

While many would say that the green movement to cut carbon dioxide emissions and reduce its amount in the atmosphere is gaining steam, Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas L Friedman (picture) thinks otherwise.

What is the green movement? The green movement as we think of it today has evolved considerably since the early days. Since there are some popular assumptions about environmental history that are incorrect, if you have an interest in green issues this article will serve as a helpful guide to the origins and evolution of “green”. To understand the modern green movement, we have to trace its origins back to the beginning.

To simplify, life -- Earth's trademark enterprise -- begins with plants, supported by air, water and soil, powered by sunlight. Basically, life on Earth is a story of plants making and animals taking.

The scandal of "Climategate" gets completely debunked and recieves very little, if any, coverage.

At a July 26 rally in Centennial, Republican candidate and Tea Party favorite for governor Dan Maes warned the crowd that his Democratic opponent, John Hickenlooper, had enlisted Denver in a program that would lead to UN control. “This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed,” said Maes. “This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms,” he added. The program in question? Denver’s bike-sharing program, B-Cycle.

Despite this being the warmest year on record, Inhofe still insists that we are in a 9 year cold snap. He continues to deny that global warming exists.

Obama has opened up 1.8 million acres of the 23 million acre Alaskan oil reserve for drilling. He says steps are being taken to protect caribou and migratory birds.