A new, higher estimate of the amount of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was released late yesterday, confirming a dubious fact. The Gulf oil spill is now the worst unintentional spill in history.
Nearly five million barrels, or more than 205 million gallons [...]

Senate staffers expecting a typical morning commute were in for a surprise yesterday when they stepped out of Union Station and into a Big Oil Carnival. While our literal Big Oil Carnival may have been out of the ordinary, it should have felt familiar for anyone who works on Capitol Hill.

Big Oil: Keeping America dependent on oil since 1875 and celebrating victory over America’s clean energy future.

The first question moderator Frank Sesno asked in yesterday American Clean Energy Now Town Hall was as simple, but important one.
“How many of you are from outside Washington, outside the beltway?” Nearly every hand in the audience went up.
And that was the importance of [...]

At the recent caucus meeting, Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman presented a gripping video about our need for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation.
Watch it:

Graduation is a time of transition and new challenges. For many of us who recently graduated, or will in the coming years, it is also a moment of deep uncertainty. We face both the immediate challenge of surging youth unemployment, and the long-term threat of a world plagued by catastrophic climate change.

Senate staffers expecting a typical morning commute were in for a surprise yesterday when they stepped out of Union Station and into a Big Oil Carnival. While our literal Big Oil Carnival may have been out of the ordinary, it should have felt familiar for anyone who works on Capitol Hill.

Big Oil: Keeping America dependent on oil since 1875 and celebrating victory over America’s clean energy future.

Celebrate the Senate’s climate bill failure with a Big Oil Carnival! Step right up and try your hand at game like Toss the Tar Ball and Sludge the Sea Turtle, or spin the Petroleum Wheel of Doom!

Clean energy supporters launched two ad campaigns this week which fight back against misinformation from Big OIl and their allies who want to block comprehensive climate legislation. A new Clean Energy Works ad wich will run on national cable networks is designed to counter television ads from the American Petroleum Institute by calling out their “multimillion-dollar smear campaign to stop clean energy legislation.”

Politicians need to remember why they are in Washington. It’s time for them leave the game on the field, and do the real work of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill.

A powerful new ad launched this week by VoteVets connects the dots between the environmental crisis on the Gulf Coast and the national security threat posed by our country’s addiction to oil.