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Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Visiting a Lithium-Ion Battery Factory in Michigan President Obama visited the Compact Power lithium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Compact Power is a subsidiary of LG Chem, the South-Korean company that will make battery cells for both the Chevy Volt and the... [continue]

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Capitol Hill is a soap opera these days, complete with broken promises, hurt feelings, and strategic alliances. This weekend had serious drama after Sen. Lindsey Graham said he would withdraw his support for his own bill if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided to push immigration reform over... [continue]

photo via Senatus Yesterday, Treehugger detailed Sen. Lindsey Graham's threat to walk away from the climate and energy legislation he had been working on with Sens. Kerry and Lieberman over the rumored decision to prioritize immigration reform over climate and energy. His threat now has real world... [continue]

photo via flickr Earth Day is Thursday, and President Obama is challenging Americans to get busy greening their own communities. The former grassroots organizer says that although the laws in Washington are important, so is action at the local level to create change: "It can be as simple as riding... [continue]

Jon Stewart and the Daily Show have made a living off of parodying just how vapid and irresponsible some in the mainstream media have become. Although the cable news channels have 24 hours of programming to play with, they rarely scratch below the service in the way TV, at its best, can do. (See:... [continue]

photo via 350.org Treehugger has been all over President Obama's shocking announcement that he is willing to trade opening up more offshore drilling for support of a climate bill. Brian Merchant did a great run down earlier today that highlighted the breadth of Obama's move--the East Coast, Gulf... [continue]

photo via flickr Mountaintop removal was again in the news this week after the EPA announced that it wants to overrule the Army Corps of Engineers and revoke the permit for one of Appalachia's largest MTR sites. Arch Coal Inc.'s Spruce No. 1 in West Virginia has been at the center of controversy,... [continue]

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Glenn Beck: Environmentalist? An interview with Beck in USA Weekend revealed that the shock jock's private views on climate are very different from those he espouses in his day job. In fact, Beck appears not only to be convinced that global warming is real, but that it's a genuine problem. ...Read... [continue]