A cap-and-trade system will be very costly,but probably ineffective as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Geoengineering may not be a panacea for global warming, but it deserves more attention from policymakers.

The environmental and aesthetic virtues of organic agriculture have been overblown.

Voters will have trouble finding clarity or rationality in Barack Obama's and John McCain's energy policies.

As the House plans to vote on the legislation, AEI energy and environmental scholars find many problematic elements within the proposed bill, and all note that this legislation consists, at its core, of a cap and trade program for greenhouse gases.

The good news for those who want to reduce energy consumption but cannot make major lifestyle changes is that there are unexplored options for reducing energy use.

Increased telework by federal and state governments could result in significant economic, environmental, security, and other benefits that are high priorities for the Obama administration as well as for both parties in Congress.

Waxman-Markey is a bundle of contradictions.