Climate Change

New England is a veritable hotbed of activity when it comes to responding to the challenges posed by a warming planet. So much so that at the end of last year, the White House named the City of Boston a Climate Change Champion, recognizing Beantown along...

  This post written by Ari Phillips originally posted at Climate Progress: Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, will make a short visit to the Vatican on Friday to discuss climate change. According to the National Catholic Reporter, McCarthy, an Irish Catholic from...

This was written by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for The Huffington Post: Last night in the State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out an agenda to protect and grow America’s middle class. From spurring innovation and creating high-skilled jobs here in the U.S....

We are in sore need, these days, of Republican leadership on climate change. So Mitt Romney’s recent comments were right on: “I’m one of those Republicans who thinks we are getting warmer and that we contribute to that,” he said, charging that federal leaders have...

When Moms Clean Air Force was told Florida Field Manager, Nicole Hernandez Hammer was invited as a personal guest of First Lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union, I was asked to Live Tweet the event. I often draw political events and awards...