What the President Can and Should Do About Climate Change | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

First and foremost, the 19 advisors note that it’s past time for the nation to prepare for climate change, because climate change is already upping the odds of weather havoc like Superstorm Sandy.

Al Gore says Los Angeles's plan to go 'coal free' makes it one of top 5 cities fighting global warming | 89.3 KPCC

The LADWP currently gets 40 percent of its energy from coal-fired plants in Utah and Arizona. The utility voted on Tuesday to amend its contract with Intermountain Power Project in Utah to use its natural gas plant instead.

The hypocrisy of Obama’s energy boasts - Wry Heat

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Mr. Obama has blocked exploration and production on significant areas of the Outer Continental Shelf, and the few leases he has put up for auction contain land that is of little value to drillers….The U.S. oil and gas boom has been a rare bright spot in the otherwise gloomy Obama economy. Imagine how much more energy the U.S. could produce, and how many more high-paid jobs it could create, if the Obama Administration stopped being an obstacle.”

Obama proposes green energy subsidies at lab that has failed to produce green energy | Washington Free Beacon

The University of Chicago-based lab where Obama spoke has partnered with a company to develop batteries for electric vehicles. However, the stimulus-funded manufacturing facility that was supposed to produce the batteries—themselves the product of stimulus subsidies for research and development—has yet to furnish a single one.