Obama’s upcoming decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline will send a hugely important message — for better or for worse.

The Santa Cruz City Council passed the Climate Adaptation Plan last month, based on research about the city’s vulnerability to climate change and how to mitigate future climate change disasters.

More than one hundred opponents of Proposition 23 gathered at the Valero gas station on Mission Street near downtown last Sunday to protest the California initiative funded by major Texas oil companies Valero and Tesoro. The initiative would repeal AB32 of 2006: the California Global Warming Solutions Act.

How can 13 people sign a document four meters under water? That very thought struck me as I watched Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, Vice-President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, and 11 cabinet members don scuba gear and dive into a turquoise lagoon for the world’s first underwater meeting on October 19. Despite the lighthearted, and even humorous [...]