It's Green Week at NBC (and all other NBC-Universal properties) and thus we're treated to an extra helping of energy and environment stories from Nightly's globe-trotting, business savvy environment correspondent, Anne Thompson. Tonight's report included some serious straight talk about so-called "clean coal."

Brian Williams began with a remarkable lead-in:

Much like Al Gore's surprise appearance at Netroots Nation this summer (which seems like eons ago at this point), I am told that President-Elect Barack Obama's taped message to the Bi-Partisan Governor's Global Climate Summit was met with thunderous applause and a standing ovation earlier today.

President-Elect Obama's remarks...

Yesterday the Sierra Club's 2008 election magical mystery tour with Executive Director Carl Pope and Political Director Cathy Duvall took us to New Hampshire to stump for Gov. (and soon to be Senator) Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes.

As soon as I turned the TV on...

John McCain's campaign has been marked by gimmick after gimmick. We had the gas tax holiday--denounced by over 230 leading economists, including 4 Nobel Prize winners. Then we saw McCain's plan to run the economy like a game show with his $300 million prize for car batteries. And we thought...

In the midst of our ever-deepening economic crisis, John "the fundamentals of our economy our strong" McCain unveiled his most ridiculous economic plan yet: sell more gas guzzlers.

McCain unveiled a new ad yesterday called "Michigan Jobs." The ad is so full of lies, deceptions, and failed approaches...

After releasing an ad earlier this week that contained debunked lies about offshore drilling and gas prices, John McCain unveiled a new ad today, "Dome," that hits on classic conservative fears of "massive government," "spending," and both "painful" and "skyrocketing" taxes. The ad's voice over specifically stokes fears of...

In response to the deepening economic crisis brought on by turmoil on Wall Street, the McCain campaign released a new ad this morning, "Crisis."

Amongst numerous other spurious claims in the ad (which I will just...

While most of the excitement last night was focused on Senator Clinton's speech, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave an electrifying (and highly animated) speech outlining a strong, clear vision for a new energy future.

Given his strong performance, it came as no surprise that Schweitzer was mobbed by bloggers...

As has been reported by ThinkProgress and others, ExxonMobil has paid for a significant portion of the convention's media coverage and the energy industry (and most others) are lavishing sponsorships on events, parties, and receptions from dusk 'til dawn. But the entrenched dirty energy interests seem particularly intent on...

After being forced to cancel last month's trip to an offshore oil rig due to a massive oil spill that closed 100 miles of the Mississippi River and caused billions in economic activity to come to a halt, McCain this week finally realized his dream of evangelizing about...

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

She quickly made a name for herself after being elected to Congress in 2006. In fact, she gained some dubious notoriety even before being elected, announcing to a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota...

While environmentalists and the public at large have been almost singularly focused on energy issues when it comes to the environment and the presidential election, a new faultline opened last Monday that highlights John McCain's staunchly conservative, anti-environment, anti-regulation record on the Endangered Species Act and the proper role of...

The name says it all. Carbon County, Pennsylvania is a county of 58,000 located in the heart of the Keystone State's famed anthracite coalfields. The county was famous not just for its coal, but also the notorious Molly Maguires that exemplified the kind of organized violence between workers and...

After weeks of mishap after mishap involving campaign stops at the sites of some of America's greatest energy misses, we at the Sierra Club suggested that McCain might next take his misbegotten road show to Three Mile Island in order to showcase his misguided scheme to build 100...

Obama received considerable attention on July 23 when his $5 million Olympic ad buy was first reported. This was the first national network TV buy for a presidential candidate since Bob Dole bought ads during soap operas and the World Series in 1996. Not to be outdone, two...

Last week ExxonMobil reported the largest quarterly profit in the history of American capitalism: a stunning $11,680,000,000. Trailing behind Exxon were Shell--$11,560,000,000; BP--$9,470,000,000; Chevron--$5,980,000,000, and CononoPhillips with a paltry $5,400,000,000. This bounty far outstripped last year's already record haul and puts Big Oil on track to pull down about...

Poor ol' John McCain just can't catch a break. Earlier this week he had grand plans to swing through New Orleans, visit Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a VP hopeful, and then fly out to an offshore oil rig in order to tout his much ballyhooed but seriously misguided plan for...